Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

AKSHAY KUMAR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1184025223
CMS profile
1280853
Location
CHARLESTON, SC

General Payments · PY2022–2025

$5,503.43

  • Reported across 48 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$2,159.26

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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,594.66 10
Food and Beverage $564.60 11

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $1,181.17 12
ATRICURE, INC. $849.33 6
ABIOMED $84.54 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $44.22 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $1,377.91 9
PY2023 $125.00 1
PY2024 $1,841.26 17
PY2025 $2,159.26 21

Payment records · PY2025 (21)

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

Program year 2025 202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $53.03 04/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240623650 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $31.93 08/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240626912 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $103.85 08/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240626914 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $286.72 08/15/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241067482 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.50 08/15/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241067484 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.50 08/15/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241067486 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $40.10 08/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240626916 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $35.61 08/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240626918 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $333.07 10/14/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241066774 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 10/14/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241068152 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $126.42 12/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241067014 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $126.42 12/11/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241067066 CMS
ABIOMED $49.63 01/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174948388 CMS
ABIOMED $34.91 11/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174948348 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $44.22 09/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206936081 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $158.48 05/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202415 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $215.46 06/06/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202417 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $304.07 06/06/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202419 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $50.00 06/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202421 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $65.60 06/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202423 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $55.72 06/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223202425 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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