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

ERIC H ELOWITZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1780666735
CMS profile
216958
Location
NEW YORK, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$37,181.60

  • Reported across 32 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$4,591.32

8 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $3,770.00 3
Travel and Lodging $421.59 1
Food and Beverage $399.73 4

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $4,030.60 6
Alphatec Spine, Inc $421.59 1
Viseon, Inc. $139.13 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,276.97 7
PY2019 $20,370.64 7
PY2020 $10,942.67 10
PY2021 $4,591.32 8

Payment records · PY2021 (8)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Alphatec Spine, Inc $421.59 02/26/2021 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 849390501 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $580.00 01/15/2021 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 815527453 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1,740.00 01/15/2021 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 815527457 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1,450.00 07/13/2021 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 815527461 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.00 07/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827240923 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $127.34 07/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827240925 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $126.26 11/17/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827240939 CMS
Viseon, Inc. $139.13 07/02/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 841699043 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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