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

GEORGE POLSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Pain Medicine

NPI
1497251862
CMS profile
11421195
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$3,258.09

  • Reported across 39 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,074.43

15 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 $823.60 13
Travel and Lodging $250.83 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $641.94 9
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $251.16 2
Nalu Medical, Inc. $79.13 2
Abbott Laboratories $74.74 1
Stryker Corporation $27.46 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $1,567.33 19
PY2023 $616.33 5
PY2024 $1,074.43 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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 $74.74 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125094573 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $215.00 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345678 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.83 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345680 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $160.84 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345682 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.89 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345692 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $51.79 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345684 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.86 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345686 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.84 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345688 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $70.53 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345690 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.36 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119345694 CMS
Nalu Medical, Inc. $14.43 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133989067 CMS
Nalu Medical, Inc. $64.70 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133989069 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $16.74 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081872626 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $234.42 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081872630 CMS
Stryker Corporation $27.46 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119947790 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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