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

AZAD KARIM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1720440282
CMS profile
4226570
Location
SACRAMENTO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,970.47

  • Reported across 124 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$914.76

24 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 $914.76 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $199.21 1
PY2019 $455.76 4
PY2020 $130.18 1
PY2021 $2,066.36 28
PY2022 $4,661.14 33
PY2023 $1,543.06 33
PY2024 $914.76 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
AngioDynamics, Inc. $44.74 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095080666 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $38.97 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132850033 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $57.21 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132899086 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $11.10 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132866797 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.01 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132896580 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $110.26 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132836215 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $64.17 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132890466 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $22.56 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132858283 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $26.35 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132876449 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $19.46 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118297022 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $46.63 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127611639 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $59.25 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127611647 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $35.34 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138882001 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $17.08 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077625420 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $14.64 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144945307 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $19.08 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144945309 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $22.88 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144440755 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $17.23 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249054 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $16.44 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249056 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $22.82 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466714 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $157.96 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119454919 CMS
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC $12.36 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099943888 CMS
Solventum Corporation $26.47 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144088845 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $33.75 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105911358 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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