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

MORTON J KERN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1770587131
CMS profile
125504
Location
ORANGE, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$339,143.17

  • Reported across 274 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$24,218.47

21 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. $8,308.70 3
Medtronic, Inc. $5,201.50 3
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $5,119.89 3
SpectraWAVE, Inc $2,460.13 3
ABIOMED $2,400.00 2
ShockWave Medical, Inc $386.09 2
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $101.30 1
HEARTFLOW, INC. $97.46 1
Terumo Medical Corporation $92.07 1
Abbott Laboratories $28.76 1
Cleerly, Inc. $22.57 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $75,615.38 66
PY2019 $65,345.48 49
PY2020 $34,337.47 24
PY2021 $23,548.28 25
PY2022 $48,453.94 40
PY2023 $67,624.15 49
PY2024 $24,218.47 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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 $28.76 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125263698 CMS
ABIOMED $1,800.00 03/26/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142205489 CMS
ABIOMED $600.00 12/18/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142205521 CMS
Acist Medical Systems, Inc. $141.68 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123313662 CMS
Acist Medical Systems, Inc. $8,000.00 02/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123313660 CMS
Acist Medical Systems, Inc. $167.02 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123313684 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $101.30 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143856997 CMS
Cleerly, Inc. $22.57 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144710536 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $97.46 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154167114 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3,000.00 02/27/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112048514 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1,500.00 09/26/2024 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112075494 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $701.50 09/26/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112075498 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $191.84 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152983278 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $194.25 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152999149 CMS
SpectraWAVE, Inc $155.08 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154280324 CMS
SpectraWAVE, Inc $305.05 10/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154280322 CMS
SpectraWAVE, Inc $2,000.00 11/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154280118 CMS
Terumo Medical Corporation $92.07 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151764847 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $119.89 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080668085 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $2,500.00 03/13/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085839528 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $2,500.00 10/02/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085839530 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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