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

ANTHONY KARAM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pain Medicine Pain Medicine

NPI
1376076042
CMS profile
11447178
Location
WESTPORT, CT

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$6,937.43

  • Reported across 76 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,131.63

50 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 $3,078.75 16
Food and Beverage $2,052.88 34

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $2,719.81 22
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $1,396.26 16
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $488.43 5
Nevro Corp. $209.69 2
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $169.92 2
Vertos Medical, Inc. $133.77 2
ABBVIE INC. $13.75 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $1,805.80 26
PY2024 $5,131.63 50

Payment records · PY2024 (50)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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. $13.75 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104032303 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.92 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252637 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.66 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252629 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.03 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252633 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $486.20 03/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139778 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.56 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139780 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $77.16 03/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139776 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $78.14 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139774 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.98 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252631 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $150.00 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139764 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $277.12 04/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139766 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $60.00 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139768 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $60.00 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139770 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.32 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069139772 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $102.26 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252641 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.69 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252639 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.22 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092252635 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.30 01/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889701 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $486.95 01/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889703 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.47 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889719 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $219.48 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112058106 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $215.00 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889705 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.83 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889707 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $160.84 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889709 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $219.75 02/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112058108 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $51.80 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889711 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.85 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889713 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.83 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889715 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $70.53 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889717 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $56.82 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889723 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $92.00 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889721 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 10/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889725 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $537.97 10/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889727 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $172.00 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889729 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.14 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889731 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $49.01 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889737 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $131.00 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889733 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.46 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889735 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9.53 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116889739 CMS
Nevro Corp. $74.48 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130774455 CMS
Nevro Corp. $135.21 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130774431 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $158.83 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081872234 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $161.87 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081873334 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $21.36 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081874474 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $127.27 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081875246 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $19.10 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093674552 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $29.79 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104928587 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $140.13 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104939781 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $5.67 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346449 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $128.10 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346447 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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