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

EUGENE L KUKUY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1376507731
CMS profile
459337
Location
NEW ORLEANS, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,446.50

  • Reported across 63 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$800.07

8 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 $800.07 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABIOMED $305.35 2
Medtronic, Inc. $216.20 2
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.97 1
ATRICURE, INC. $86.28 2
ConvaTec Inc. $29.27 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,891.37 24
PY2019 $1,061.92 11
PY2020 $330.10 4
PY2021 $222.09 4
PY2022 $414.00 5
PY2023 $726.95 7
PY2024 $800.07 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

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
ABIOMED $190.30 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142241873 CMS
ABIOMED $115.05 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142241883 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $42.15 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132868604 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $44.13 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132844899 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $29.27 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151377904 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.97 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138868857 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $93.75 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119289950 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $122.45 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119289952 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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