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

KUO H CHAO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Radiology Vascular & Interventional Radiology

NPI
1164450433
CMS profile
681296
Location
LOS ANGELES, CA

General Payments · PY2019

$2,051.41

  • Reported across 14 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2019

$2,051.41

14 records · 2 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

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,593.72 7
Food and Beverage $457.69 7

By paying entity

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,350.10 10
MicroVention, Inc. $671.31 3
Medtronic USA, Inc. $30.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $2,051.41 14

Payment records · PY2019 (14)

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

Program year 2019
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Medtronic USA, Inc. $30.00 02/13/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 667611717 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $320.60 03/04/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 707629653 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $35.00 03/04/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 707629655 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $315.71 03/15/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 707629657 CMS
Stryker Corporation $193.84 02/06/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860899 CMS
Stryker Corporation $356.62 02/12/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860901 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.41 02/13/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860903 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.15 02/14/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860905 CMS
Stryker Corporation $43.37 02/15/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860907 CMS
Stryker Corporation $111.65 02/21/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860909 CMS
Stryker Corporation $108.41 02/21/2019 Food and Beverage Disputed 01/23/2026 692860911 CMS
Stryker Corporation $260.30 02/21/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860913 CMS
Stryker Corporation $18.42 04/11/2019 Food and Beverage Disputed 01/23/2026 692860915 CMS
Stryker Corporation $201.93 08/05/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 692860917 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
2019
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P01232026_01102026.csv

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