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

PAUL A KURTH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1528202884
CMS profile
748718
Location
SANTA BARBARA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,788,199.05

  • Reported across 28 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$960,894.17

4 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
Royalty or License $960,894.17 4

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merit Medical Systems Inc $960,894.17 4

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $725,075.51 4
PY2019 $822,565.10 4
PY2020 $741,822.03 4
PY2021 $906,097.89 4
PY2022 $796,094.86 4
PY2023 $835,649.49 4
PY2024 $960,894.17 4

Payment records · PY2024 (4)

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
Merit Medical Systems Inc $211,088.20 02/28/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120960593 CMS
Merit Medical Systems Inc $247,983.59 05/29/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120960595 CMS
Merit Medical Systems Inc $235,469.98 07/31/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120960591 CMS
Merit Medical Systems Inc $266,352.40 10/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120960597 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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