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

GARY F EARLE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1316908452
CMS profile
195872
Location
LEXINGTON, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,842.25

  • Reported across 100 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,137.87

23 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 $1,137.87 23

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $407.99 10
PY2019 $1,163.67 13
PY2020 $1,290.66 13
PY2021 $437.59 12
PY2022 $286.51 7
PY2023 $1,117.96 22
PY2024 $1,137.87 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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
Baxter Healthcare $148.43 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120629734 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $16.18 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120629738 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $27.97 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120629736 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $27.17 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856764 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $37.01 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856768 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.29 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856770 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.88 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856772 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $175.70 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856778 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.92 08/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856780 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $34.48 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138856776 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $48.89 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144503956 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $35.97 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130820327 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.30 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157685 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.83 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157683 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.60 03/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157687 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.62 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157689 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.68 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117157691 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $23.65 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141635487 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $19.48 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141848588 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $28.96 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141635485 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $144.14 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148147002 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $112.06 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148147115 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $89.66 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148147165 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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