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

CLIFTON T LEWIS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1639173271
CMS profile
300742
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$55,991.20

  • Reported across 138 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$18,368.50

13 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $16,505.99 4
EnableCV Inc. $1,199.52 3
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $485.21 3
Artivion, Inc. $118.95 1
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $34.58 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $24.25 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $20,982.50 59
PY2019 $11,215.91 36
PY2020 $2,065.79 10
PY2021 $2,486.57 7
PY2022 $360.94 5
PY2023 $510.99 8
PY2024 $18,368.50 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Artivion, Inc. $118.95 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791346 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $366.31 02/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813565 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $30.18 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813567 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $88.72 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813571 CMS
EnableCV Inc. $645.39 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128492372 CMS
EnableCV Inc. $369.46 03/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128492376 CMS
EnableCV Inc. $184.67 07/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128492568 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $34.58 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137290760 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $46.10 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119411530 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.89 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119411528 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15,000.00 10/15/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112073033 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1,440.00 12/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112039592 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $24.25 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149611884 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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