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

STEVEN KARAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1245221910
CMS profile
55829
Location
MELBOURNE, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,519.69

  • Reported across 253 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,400.04

14 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 $847.15 9
Travel and Lodging $552.89 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Penumbra, Inc. $670.03 7
ShockWave Medical, Inc $339.24 2
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $123.63 1
Medtronic, Inc. $117.37 1
ABIOMED $111.11 1
CVRx Inc. $24.51 1
Novo Nordisk AS $14.15 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,609.65 83
PY2019 $991.87 47
PY2020 $567.12 27
PY2021 $776.11 31
PY2022 $1,394.42 33
PY2023 $780.48 18
PY2024 $1,400.04 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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 $111.11 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142206554 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $24.51 01/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132815099 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $123.63 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101342215 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $117.37 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117124734 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.15 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096710993 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $89.49 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076230662 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $186.67 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076231274 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $25.74 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076231840 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $6.04 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076231844 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $168.47 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076232322 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $165.97 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076232326 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $27.65 04/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076207378 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $187.86 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152982690 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $151.38 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153006848 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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