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 A WEST

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1528074135
CMS profile
204701
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$68,143.55

  • Reported across 272 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,439.49

43 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 $2,361.57 41
Travel and Lodging $1,077.92 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $20,818.70 69
PY2019 $6,736.55 43
PY2020 $1,941.48 17
PY2021 $11,859.16 42
PY2022 $11,604.51 33
PY2023 $11,743.66 25
PY2024 $3,439.49 43

Payment records · PY2024 (43)

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 $95.22 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125108906 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $14.69 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125108908 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.47 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106327773 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $33.42 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093996411 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $22.64 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148755420 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $25.00 05/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148774583 CMS
Bioventus LLC $43.58 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137451426 CMS
Bioventus LLC $49.76 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137451428 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $33.98 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092623947 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $47.44 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669416 CMS
Curonix LLC $13.43 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132914399 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $32.98 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893278 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $29.32 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077895332 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $28.53 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893804 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $29.20 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893946 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $32.38 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893034 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.61 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893522 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $27.03 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077648454 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $15.37 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147250575 CMS
InSightec,Inc $13.77 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110444869 CMS
Intrinsic Therapeutics $440.00 10/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144702450 CMS
Intrinsic Therapeutics $365.00 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144702527 CMS
Intrinsic Therapeutics $637.92 10/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144702603 CMS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $32.35 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091991173 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $17.09 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154052361 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.85 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134985592 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $13.71 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152790391 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.61 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119359773 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.11 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119359775 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $165.29 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119359777 CMS
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $24.94 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137949264 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $131.56 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127606566 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $12.54 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608087 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $79.02 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608091 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $116.34 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608095 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $126.95 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608097 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $115.28 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608093 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $78.71 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608089 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $203.22 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608099 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $24.67 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137696920 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $21.07 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137696922 CMS
UCB, Inc. $25.24 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143066125 CMS
Wenzel Spine, Inc. $123.20 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1079859110 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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