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

DENNIS P EASTMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1720097520
CMS profile
259570
Location
LUBBOCK, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$21,474.37

  • Reported across 72 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$7,097.04

23 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).
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By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $3,143.18 9
Education $3,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $945.12 12
Gift $8.74 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5,588.79 10
Cook Incorporated $716.58 2
Cook Medical LLC $410.54 3
ABIOMED $266.37 3
Medtronic, Inc. $49.56 3
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $48.26 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.94 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $148.45 4
PY2019 $1,755.54 7
PY2020 $2.75 1
PY2021 $1,210.51 15
PY2022 $46.31 3
PY2023 $11,213.77 19
PY2024 $7,097.04 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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
ABIOMED $14.63 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142255507 CMS
ABIOMED $112.08 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142255563 CMS
ABIOMED $139.66 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142255485 CMS
Cook Incorporated $532.58 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118323933 CMS
Cook Incorporated $184.00 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118324187 CMS
Cook Medical LLC $121.96 10/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118330524 CMS
Cook Medical LLC $49.01 10/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118330526 CMS
Cook Medical LLC $239.57 10/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118330522 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.94 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765348 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $3,000.00 01/05/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137222016 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $578.02 02/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137223370 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 02/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137253677 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.74 04/09/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137096326 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $344.29 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137124989 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $23.50 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137107754 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $74.24 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137114593 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 11/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137192975 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,078.46 11/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137213037 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $443.54 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137214877 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.52 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119451793 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.33 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119451795 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.71 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119451797 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $48.26 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148098569 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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