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

LEHEB ARAIM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1083623540
CMS profile
621737
Location
VISALIA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$14,873.07

  • Reported across 122 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,362.23

21 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
Travel and Lodging $1,462.95 7
Food and Beverage $899.28 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABIOMED $1,275.52 14
Artivion, Inc. $822.10 3
Abbott Laboratories $138.27 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $59.55 1
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $37.56 1
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $29.23 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,604.95 23
PY2019 $2,111.04 16
PY2020 $2,925.74 10
PY2021 $1,785.69 12
PY2022 $2,060.69 24
PY2023 $1,022.73 16
PY2024 $2,362.23 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
Abbott Laboratories $138.27 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124831115 CMS
ABIOMED $3.51 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142234920 CMS
ABIOMED $35.32 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142234922 CMS
ABIOMED $2.66 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142234938 CMS
ABIOMED $26.37 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142234940 CMS
ABIOMED $16.67 10/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235296 CMS
ABIOMED $75.73 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235072 CMS
ABIOMED $443.12 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235266 CMS
ABIOMED $150.05 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235298 CMS
ABIOMED $39.42 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235292 CMS
ABIOMED $32.24 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235294 CMS
ABIOMED $254.34 10/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235286 CMS
ABIOMED $36.33 10/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235288 CMS
ABIOMED $36.25 10/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235290 CMS
ABIOMED $123.51 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142235280 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $57.69 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790682 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $163.90 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790758 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $600.51 09/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790910 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $37.56 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127633606 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $59.55 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138804463 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $29.23 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152385656 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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