Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

THOMAS DAMATO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1073544235
CMS profile
2959
Location
WACO, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$10,905.73

  • Reported across 320 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$726.43

19 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $726.43 19

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABIOMED $465.50 10
Medtronic, Inc. $160.43 4
Ethicon US, LLC $41.23 2
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $31.32 1
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $14.53 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.42 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,719.80 89
PY2019 $4,020.88 86
PY2020 $1,250.57 43
PY2021 $478.01 27
PY2022 $1,083.33 35
PY2023 $626.71 21
PY2024 $726.43 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $28.51 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233016 CMS
ABIOMED $36.61 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233018 CMS
ABIOMED $47.94 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233042 CMS
ABIOMED $22.34 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233146 CMS
ABIOMED $4.97 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233148 CMS
ABIOMED $12.60 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233150 CMS
ABIOMED $26.58 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233152 CMS
ABIOMED $139.92 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233158 CMS
ABIOMED $141.66 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233156 CMS
ABIOMED $4.37 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233154 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.42 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138827586 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $21.67 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077649676 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $19.56 06/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077649674 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $31.32 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150251483 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $69.31 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117051886 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.53 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117051888 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $54.81 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117051890 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.78 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117051892 CMS
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $14.53 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093685844 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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