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

KENNETH R AUSTIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1366422529
CMS profile
999885
Location
FORT WAYNE, IN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,345.74

  • Reported across 211 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,275.02

21 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 $1,275.02 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $705.61 9
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $233.98 4
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $228.23 2
ABBVIE INC. $71.96 4
PFIZER INC. $19.68 1
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $15.56 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,700.90 74
PY2019 $1,169.04 62
PY2020 $774.47 21
PY2021 $443.30 11
PY2022 $403.50 10
PY2023 $579.51 12
PY2024 $1,275.02 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
ABBVIE INC. $14.95 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103252675 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.41 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103252677 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.07 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103252679 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.53 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103252681 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.07 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069134020 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $35.38 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092515165 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $142.49 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092515167 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.04 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092515163 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $39.64 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285010 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $174.56 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285014 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $39.22 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285012 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.64 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285016 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.56 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285018 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $168.47 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285020 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.96 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285026 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.58 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285024 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $174.98 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119285022 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.68 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131317582 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $211.79 03/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081875186 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $16.44 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081877844 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $15.56 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104934100 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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