Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

VIRGINIA RUTH LITLE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1598702284
CMS profile
379837
Location
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$39,331.35

  • Reported across 37 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$355.35

5 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $355.35 5

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $204.07 2
ABBVIE INC. $83.42 1
Medtronic, Inc. $67.86 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $11,300.00 5
PY2020 $2,500.00 1
PY2021 $84.08 1
PY2022 $1,276.91 4
PY2023 $13,189.06 13
PY2024 $10,625.95 8
PY2025 $355.35 5

Payment records · PY2025 (5)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $83.42 02/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1202312660 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $38.55 06/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223203795 CMS
AtriCure, Inc. $165.52 12/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223203797 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $45.13 01/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218956767 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.73 02/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218956769 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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