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

MEHMET H AKAY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1457510729
CMS profile
575292
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$15,184.79

  • Reported across 146 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,597.13

31 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 $4,720.80 6
Food and Beverage $1,876.33 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TRANSMEDICS, INC. $4,655.88 4
Abbott Laboratories $833.88 11
ABIOMED $459.94 6
ATRICURE, INC. $190.40 2
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $150.83 4
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $142.36 1
Medinc of Texas $119.33 1
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $23.78 1
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.73 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,227.69 17
PY2019 $1,444.52 19
PY2020 $789.73 13
PY2021 $647.51 15
PY2022 $2,339.54 29
PY2023 $2,138.67 22
PY2024 $6,597.13 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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 $20.58 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075136 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $138.85 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075138 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $138.76 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075140 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $169.11 06/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075142 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $143.62 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075144 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $121.29 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075146 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $55.90 10/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125411026 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 10/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125411028 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $8.15 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075148 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.42 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075150 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.18 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125075152 CMS
ABIOMED $119.59 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217178 CMS
ABIOMED $145.33 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217204 CMS
ABIOMED $5.82 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217222 CMS
ABIOMED $56.30 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217220 CMS
ABIOMED $13.50 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217268 CMS
ABIOMED $119.40 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142217346 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $23.78 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078917537 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $171.53 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900642 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.87 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132837415 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $142.36 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120666942 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.00 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617794 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $102.27 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617792 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.85 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617798 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.71 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617796 CMS
Medinc of Texas $119.33 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125023536 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.73 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137465024 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $1,087.20 02/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757698 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $438.00 02/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757700 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $2,004.14 10/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757702 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $1,126.54 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757704 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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