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

CHRISTIAN AKEM DIMALA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1356952493
CMS profile
7680335
Location
GALVESTON, TX

General Payments · PY2023–2025

$4,452.26

  • Reported across 60 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$1,643.51

36 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
Food and Beverage $1,634.61 35
Travel and Lodging $8.90 1

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $303.28 4
PY2024 $2,505.47 20
PY2025 $1,643.51 36

Payment records · PY2025 (36)

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

Program year 2025 20232024 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 $92.11 12/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241049776 CMS
ABIOMED $101.83 02/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175002128 CMS
ABIOMED $8.90 02/21/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175002363 CMS
ABIOMED $36.64 02/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175002770 CMS
ABIOMED $137.12 05/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175003003 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $8.09 01/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341858 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.75 01/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341856 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.04 03/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341864 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.24 03/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341862 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.48 03/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341860 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $140.89 04/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341866 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.60 05/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341868 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.00 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341870 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.65 05/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341876 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.05 06/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341874 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.73 06/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341872 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.60 07/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341886 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $69.30 07/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341882 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.88 07/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341880 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.48 07/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341878 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $59.32 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341884 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.49 09/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341890 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.12 09/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341892 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $76.65 09/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341888 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $45.42 11/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181341894 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $29.80 12/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1233545338 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $64.05 05/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218848281 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.77 07/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218848283 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $48.29 08/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218848285 CMS
Philips North America LLC $67.99 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1232641227 CMS
Shockwave Medical, Inc $75.77 01/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173964618 CMS
Shockwave Medical, Inc $102.88 08/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173964784 CMS
Shockwave Medical, Inc $48.64 10/31/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173964647 CMS
Shockwave Medical, Inc $73.47 11/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173964641 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $24.42 05/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173598411 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $94.05 07/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173598409 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
2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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