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

FERMIN ROMERO-ARREOLA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1396717872
CMS profile
1086189
Location
LAREDO, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$11,774.01

  • Reported across 26 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$764.56

10 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 $525.38 3
Food and Beverage $239.18 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $72.80 1
PY2021 $10,801.75 12
PY2022 $99.97 1
PY2023 $34.93 2
PY2024 $764.56 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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

Program year 2024 2019202120222023 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
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC $18.16 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140481664 CMS
Philips North America LLC $23.00 01/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146900555 CMS
Philips North America LLC $351.45 01/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146900557 CMS
Philips North America LLC $141.83 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146900561 CMS
Philips North America LLC $150.93 02/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146900553 CMS
Philips North America LLC $4.21 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146900559 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20.96 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149574702 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20.61 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149574700 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $19.62 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149574698 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $13.79 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149574696 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
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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