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

PATRICK KOHTZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1316366354
CMS profile
5700564
Location
MACON, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,395.77

  • Reported across 47 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,145.44

42 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 $4,173.05 16
Food and Beverage $1,735.27 24
Education $237.12 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $2,283.13 17
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,854.36 11
Medtronic, Inc. $1,830.83 11
ABIOMED $145.93 1
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $20.33 1
CVRx Inc. $10.86 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $37.95 2
PY2022 $142.37 2
PY2023 $70.01 1
PY2024 $6,145.44 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

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

Program year 2024 201820222023 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 $42.41 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984833 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $181.78 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984838 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $383.07 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402433 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $167.50 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402435 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402447 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $68.67 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984841 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $36.13 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984845 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $86.15 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984849 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $32.30 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984853 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $95.64 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984857 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $167.50 02/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402437 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $177.50 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984861 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $445.95 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402439 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $236.12 03/21/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402445 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.00 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402441 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $118.17 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125402443 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $19.22 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124984865 CMS
ABIOMED $145.93 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142294273 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $10.86 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132816107 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $972.72 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869527 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $90.58 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869551 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.05 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869553 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.17 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869555 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $171.58 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869557 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $75.24 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869559 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $49.38 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869561 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $34.09 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869563 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $88.17 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869565 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $326.38 03/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869567 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1.00 03/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138869569 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $20.33 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147465984 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $941.36 03/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157003 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $4.57 03/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157005 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $100.04 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117156997 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $92.74 04/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157001 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $303.49 04/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157013 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $50.89 04/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157015 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.00 04/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157017 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $57.36 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157007 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $42.53 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157009 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $64.16 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157011 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $143.69 04/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117156999 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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