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

DEREK C LOU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Plastic Surgery

NPI
1598964041
CMS profile
254307
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$22,588.56

  • Reported across 70 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$323.73

10 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 $323.73 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $96.31 1
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $58.38 2
REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. $49.72 2
ABBVIE INC. $47.21 2
TELA Bio, Inc. $35.68 1
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $19.11 1
Acera Surgical, Inc. $17.32 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $218.05 9
PY2019 $391.79 6
PY2020 $217.57 6
PY2021 $19,421.75 15
PY2022 $415.86 11
PY2023 $1,599.81 13
PY2024 $323.73 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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
ABBVIE INC. $33.58 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104903440 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.63 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104903442 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $17.32 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152414264 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $19.11 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145313933 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $96.31 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119395704 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $29.61 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146369215 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $28.77 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146369217 CMS
REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. $20.16 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147923370 CMS
REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. $29.56 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147923372 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $35.68 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154190286 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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