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Covered recipient · General Payments record

RALPH JAMES DAMIANO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1578580023
CMS profile
252296
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$137,881.51

  • Reported across 312 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$15,458.05

54 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
Consulting Fee $9,150.00 3
Travel and Lodging $3,435.25 13
Food and Beverage $2,872.80 38

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8,540.83 20
ATRICURE, INC. $6,006.21 25
Medtronic, Inc. $885.00 8
Corcym Inc $26.01 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $15,818.27 44
PY2019 $14,043.69 55
PY2020 $2,254.30 6
PY2021 $15,135.24 48
PY2022 $26,671.05 76
PY2023 $48,500.91 29
PY2024 $15,458.05 54

Payment records · PY2024 (54)

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
ATRICURE, INC. $16.42 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132871417 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $158.33 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132869654 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $415.99 02/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132892455 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $197.94 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132862883 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $1,125.00 03/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132892877 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $1,125.00 03/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132892879 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $10.67 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132861637 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $99.45 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132862895 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $115.34 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132870613 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $40.10 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132877315 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $47.67 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132877319 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $143.83 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132901274 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $128.43 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132844884 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $278.98 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863518 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $181.57 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863986 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $278.98 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863988 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $181.57 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863990 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $168.94 11/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132875863 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $48.50 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132833746 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $22.08 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132891863 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $963.95 11/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132850100 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $14.38 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132882030 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $110.75 11/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132890929 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $12.84 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132875861 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $119.50 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132903689 CMS
Corcym Inc $26.01 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154274430 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $127.98 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778823 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $151.76 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778839 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $37.95 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778843 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $135.75 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778845 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $479.95 07/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778857 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $93.03 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778905 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $209.36 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778889 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $11.74 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778897 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.74 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778899 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $11.95 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778901 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.36 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778903 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.24 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778907 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $241.39 09/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778881 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6,900.00 10/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778863 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5.21 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778869 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.82 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778871 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $21.26 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778873 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.66 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778875 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6.84 10/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778877 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6.84 10/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778879 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $87.60 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384008 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $41.80 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384010 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $172.94 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384012 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $163.05 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384014 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $167.93 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384016 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $139.22 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384018 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $109.39 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384022 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.07 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384020 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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