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

DON HOWARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

NPI
1720016033
CMS profile
78049
Location
JONESBORO, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$563.84

  • Reported across 15 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$456.00

7 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $456.00 7

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
LivaNova USA, Inc. $166.19 4
ABIOMED $136.66 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $128.50 1
CHF Solutions, Inc $24.65 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $39.36 3
PY2019 $68.48 5
PY2023 $456.00 7

Payment records · PY2023 (7)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2023 20182019 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $136.66 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044690515 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $128.50 05/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1023203743 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $37.94 06/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1042969033 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $15.79 06/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1042969123 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $20.64 09/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1042969357 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $91.82 12/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1042969425 CMS
Nuwellis, Inc. $24.65 03/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1042496379 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, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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