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

VAFI SALMASI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1649542382
CMS profile
2781890
Location
STANFORD, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$26,607.81

  • Reported across 114 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$10,640.79

42 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
Consulting Fee $6,706.25 5
Food and Beverage $2,523.56 32
Travel and Lodging $1,410.98 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $3,327.24 5
Vertos Medical, Inc. $2,798.71 4
Bioventus LLC $1,830.75 4
Medtronic, Inc. $750.66 12
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $597.53 4
PAINTEQ LLC $556.03 7
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $463.73 4
Abbott Laboratories $171.33 1
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $144.81 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,861.80 9
PY2019 $800.43 3
PY2020 $5,293.11 13
PY2021 $1,119.88 18
PY2022 $324.50 6
PY2023 $6,567.30 23
PY2024 $10,640.79 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

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 $171.33 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134594503 CMS
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $144.81 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153858020 CMS
Bioventus LLC $12.59 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137448719 CMS
Bioventus LLC $1,575.00 02/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137448721 CMS
Bioventus LLC $131.25 02/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137448723 CMS
Bioventus LLC $111.91 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137448725 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $0.20 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092731140 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $155.53 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092731142 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $249.97 09/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092731146 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $191.83 09/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092731144 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $298.11 03/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417176 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 03/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417178 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $78.65 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112069196 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.00 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112071845 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $54.00 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112071883 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.00 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112071921 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.14 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417180 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.00 05/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112069198 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.62 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121137130 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $4.07 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417182 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $29.75 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417184 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $140.07 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119417186 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $52.82 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003060 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $114.97 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003065 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $71.20 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003068 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $81.87 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003072 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $81.32 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003075 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $69.12 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003079 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $84.73 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142003082 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $80.65 01/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081870016 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $185.73 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093674928 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $12.78 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144772861 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $184.57 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144772779 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $65.93 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104952895 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $95.73 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104953868 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $102.84 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104943004 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $62.74 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104956051 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $3,000.00 10/31/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104958020 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $48.71 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133349862 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $750.00 04/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133354904 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $750.00 04/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133354906 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $1,250.00 04/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133354908 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
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OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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