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

MELISSA G MEDINA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1952798449
CMS profile
4225477
Location
CHICAGO, IL

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$2,718.28

  • Reported across 31 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,507.27

20 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 $756.10 14
Travel and Lodging $751.17 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $106.71 1
PY2022 $122.53 1
PY2023 $981.77 9
PY2024 $1,507.27 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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

Program year 2024 202020222023 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 $210.13 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445026 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $197.60 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445028 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445036 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $38.24 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125357615 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $196.00 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445030 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.92 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445032 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $124.50 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445034 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $157.79 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125357617 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $22.40 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125357619 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $22.35 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132867578 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $23.66 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132893091 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $161.46 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881930 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $32.63 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132887110 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $47.57 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132897490 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $13.30 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120533275 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $39.09 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120533279 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $124.34 06/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138885073 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.41 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119567170 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.43 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119567172 CMS
Philips North America LLC $17.43 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146912896 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
2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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