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

HERMAN KAO

Dental Providers Dentist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

NPI
1598968190
CMS profile
72635
Location
FORT WORTH, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$47,616.02

  • Reported across 168 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,049.17

29 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
Travel and Lodging $1,092.47 4
Food and Beverage $956.70 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $1,625.47 16
KLS-Martin L.P. $340.40 9
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $63.33 3
Atos Medical Inc $19.97 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $9,749.16 18
PY2019 $11,762.08 33
PY2020 $9,559.45 16
PY2021 $275.04 9
PY2022 $13,451.43 49
PY2023 $769.69 14
PY2024 $2,049.17 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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
Atos Medical Inc $19.97 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138438377 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $18.26 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120664188 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $22.44 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120664184 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $22.63 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120664186 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $19.53 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395858 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $89.59 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395832 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $19.23 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395860 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $97.60 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395830 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $13.83 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395900 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $18.98 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395912 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $21.67 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395918 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $23.85 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395920 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $127.13 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395936 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $338.96 09/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395976 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $329.95 09/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395980 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $35.74 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395988 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $84.60 09/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395984 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $27.16 09/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395922 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $338.96 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395960 CMS
BioHorizons Implant Systems Inc. $38.69 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129395964 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $15.99 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946922 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $33.79 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946920 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $185.23 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946918 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $8.66 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946924 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $21.28 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946926 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $9.19 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946930 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $9.52 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946928 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $45.06 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946932 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $11.68 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144946934 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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