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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ALEXANDER SCHUTZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1578857470
CMS profile
253612
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$15,395.71

  • Reported across 107 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$7,271.09

35 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 $4,000.00 4
Travel and Lodging $1,857.81 7
Food and Beverage $1,413.28 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $4,000.00 4
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,522.22 15
Medtronic, Inc. $1,113.41 7
CVRx Inc. $321.27 2
ABIOMED $169.58 1
Abbott Laboratories $113.48 5
ATRICURE, INC. $31.13 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $67.22 2
PY2019 $1,526.73 15
PY2020 $539.07 5
PY2021 $1,353.28 13
PY2022 $528.64 10
PY2023 $4,109.68 27
PY2024 $7,271.09 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

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 $23.29 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125136579 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.66 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125136581 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $27.41 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125136583 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.39 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125136585 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.73 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125136587 CMS
ABIOMED $169.58 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142251973 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $31.13 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132880775 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $223.57 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138614431 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $97.70 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138614433 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $382.70 01/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885239 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.04 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885241 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $91.97 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885243 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $25.18 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885245 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $21.64 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885247 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $169.06 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885249 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $75.74 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885251 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.08 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885253 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $24.35 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885255 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $91.97 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885257 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $492.76 02/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885259 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.79 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885263 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.82 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885271 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $35.94 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885267 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $28.18 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885269 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $391.59 07/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386374 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $239.00 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386384 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.54 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386386 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $45.21 07/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386376 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $103.47 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386378 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $279.01 07/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386380 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.59 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119386382 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $500.00 01/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155030195 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,000.00 01/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155030197 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $2,000.00 05/02/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155030207 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $500.00 05/02/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155030209 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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