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

DAVID A THOMPSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Colon & Rectal Surgery

NPI
1295746907
CMS profile
12697
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018

$553.62

  • Reported across 11 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2018

$553.62

11 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

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $553.62 11

By paying entity

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
COVIDIEN LP $231.39 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $156.32 5
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc $106.76 1
Shire North American Group Inc $39.90 2
ACELL, INC. $19.25 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $553.62 11

Payment records · PY2018 (11)

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

Program year 2018
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ACELL, INC. $19.25 03/14/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 571434323 CMS
Covidien LP $115.18 03/05/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 565099461 CMS
Covidien LP $116.21 07/13/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 565099455 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $11.38 02/21/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604242387 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $109.86 05/09/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604368541 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $8.03 07/25/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604530869 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $11.30 10/24/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604692791 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $15.75 12/12/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604787143 CMS
Shire North American Group Inc $19.97 06/25/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 566574523 CMS
Shire North American Group Inc $19.93 07/23/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 566574529 CMS
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc $106.76 01/03/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 617209741 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2018_P01232026_01102026.csv

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