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

RAM KALUS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Plastic Surgery

NPI
1922172980
CMS profile
42128
Location
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$10,016.68

  • Reported across 193 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,838.63

34 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 $1,335.44 31
Travel and Lodging $503.19 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $503.19 3
Medtronic, Inc. $226.67 2
ABBVIE INC. $211.12 6
TELA Bio, Inc. $190.01 2
Mentor Worldwide LLC $172.50 8
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $159.09 5
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $157.18 3
Sanara MedTech Inc. $110.19 1
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $49.45 2
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $31.13 1
DAVOL INC. $28.10 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,119.46 43
PY2019 $1,988.56 45
PY2020 $606.11 16
PY2021 $1,723.60 19
PY2022 $775.71 14
PY2023 $964.61 22
PY2024 $1,838.63 34

Payment records · PY2024 (34)

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
ABBVIE INC. $20.40 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023127 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.75 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023129 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.73 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023131 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.90 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023133 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $104.64 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023135 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.70 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104023137 CMS
Davol Inc. $28.10 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127661871 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $25.96 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145307371 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $23.49 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145307373 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $130.82 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140126523 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $13.18 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140126519 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $13.18 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140126527 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $43.03 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119548239 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $183.64 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119548237 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $9.49 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617412 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $6.53 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617408 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $8.44 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617394 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $11.39 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617446 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $90.27 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617450 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $5.68 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617392 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $12.57 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617444 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $28.13 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077617442 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $31.13 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146374172 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $110.19 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154922902 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $19.23 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149515493 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $107.58 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149515497 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $0.79 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149515489 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3.17 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149515491 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $28.32 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149515495 CMS
Stryker Corporation $269.68 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119871479 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.69 05/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119871481 CMS
Stryker Corporation $191.82 05/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119871483 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $169.56 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154269993 CMS
TELA Bio, Inc. $20.45 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154269991 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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