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

CHRIS E MALONE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1679581474
CMS profile
553123
Location
WATKINSVILLE, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,160.27

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$284.13

12 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 $284.13 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $90.66 3
ABBVIE INC. $74.29 3
Medtronic, Inc. $61.19 3
TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC $36.25 2
CashFlow Solutions, LLC $21.74 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $884.08 29
PY2019 $418.46 14
PY2020 $99.62 7
PY2021 $143.81 8
PY2022 $169.77 9
PY2023 $160.40 7
PY2024 $284.13 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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. $31.81 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104947851 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.79 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104947854 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.69 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104947859 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.74 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092397438 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.50 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092397440 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $38.42 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092397442 CMS
CashFlow Solutions, LLC $21.74 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139261151 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.84 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119429513 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.72 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119429515 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.63 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119429517 CMS
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $17.81 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082359307 CMS
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $18.44 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082359309 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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