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

ALI GHEISSARI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1376545269
CMS profile
61731
Location
LOS ANGELES, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$14,858.69

  • Reported across 227 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,574.92

24 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 $1,574.92 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $500.51 9
CVRx Inc. $261.71 2
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $216.08 3
Abbott Laboratories $176.96 2
ATRICURE, INC. $154.18 2
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $62.44 1
ABIOMED $59.23 1
DAVOL INC. $58.95 1
Medtronic, Inc. $33.27 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $29.86 1
Imperative Care, INc $21.73 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,079.26 51
PY2019 $2,074.58 38
PY2020 $1,261.27 26
PY2021 $1,822.85 27
PY2022 $1,794.33 28
PY2023 $2,251.48 33
PY2024 $1,574.92 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
Abbott Laboratories $90.53 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125034053 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $86.43 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125034055 CMS
ABIOMED $59.23 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142209804 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $73.66 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132894679 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $80.52 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132836030 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $62.44 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127614136 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $169.05 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128562230 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $92.66 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128562232 CMS
Davol Inc. $58.95 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127650146 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $58.55 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811719 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $54.68 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811723 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $62.09 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811741 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $59.03 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811765 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $61.01 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811787 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $64.38 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811815 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $24.30 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811837 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $58.76 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811839 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $57.71 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138811855 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $69.69 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150257297 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $75.28 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150251473 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $71.11 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150251471 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $21.73 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144204285 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $33.27 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119290655 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $29.86 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141630296 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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