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

CRAIG J BAKER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1922020833
CMS profile
844795
Location
LOS ANGELES, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$46,947.48

  • Reported across 77 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,373.57

17 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
Consulting Fee $15,600.00 3
Food and Beverage $773.57 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $15,980.34 12
Abbott Laboratories $267.97 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $76.31 1
Medtronic, Inc. $48.95 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $809.77 11
PY2019 $10,585.01 8
PY2021 $2,125.07 6
PY2022 $10,481.49 17
PY2023 $6,572.57 18
PY2024 $16,373.57 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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 $172.36 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125337288 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $95.61 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125337290 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $76.31 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104596590 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7,200.00 01/04/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758089 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $155.58 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758135 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $93.03 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758183 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.49 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758185 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.66 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758187 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $31.38 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758191 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.51 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758193 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.73 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758195 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.85 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758199 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.11 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758189 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6,300.00 09/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758165 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2,100.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138758173 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.12 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119547121 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $29.83 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119547123 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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