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

MERRY E UCHIYAMA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1518255454
CMS profile
1397576
Location
DANVILLE, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$13,932.71

  • Reported across 94 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,982.85

12 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
Education $1,500.00 1
Food and Beverage $482.85 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,522.73 2
ATRICURE, INC. $189.01 4
Acera Surgical, Inc. $111.11 1
DAVOL INC. $75.00 1
Ethicon US, LLC $46.93 2
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.55 1
Avanos Medical $18.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,033.32 4
PY2019 $8,073.07 38
PY2020 $259.30 10
PY2021 $34.42 1
PY2022 $78.02 3
PY2023 $2,471.73 26
PY2024 $1,982.85 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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
Acera Surgical, Inc. $111.11 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152413682 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $11.06 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132867750 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $47.54 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132844891 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $119.60 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132847296 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $10.81 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132882278 CMS
Avanos Medical $18.52 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149309479 CMS
Davol Inc. $75.00 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127665968 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.55 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138861717 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $19.95 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077623736 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $26.98 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077623734 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $22.73 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137186803 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 12/11/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137165382 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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