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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ERIC RAY SKIPPER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1972616175
CMS profile
225256
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$126,672.37

  • Reported across 362 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$14,257.91

63 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.

Related groups: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) NC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $6,259.15 13
Consulting Fee $5,287.50 5
Food and Beverage $2,711.26 45

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TRANSMEDICS, INC. $3,465.62 2
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $2,812.50 3
Abbott Laboratories $2,273.60 14
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2,210.77 26
Teleflex LLC $1,900.00 1
Peerless Surgical Inc. $589.04 4
Arthrex, Inc. $405.71 4
ABIOMED $338.59 3
Medtronic, Inc. $186.47 3
Ethicon US, LLC $32.54 1
Artivion, Inc. $23.80 1
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $19.27 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $7,941.88 72
PY2019 $37,197.83 65
PY2020 $25,221.40 44
PY2021 $10,395.88 35
PY2022 $16,626.34 46
PY2023 $15,031.13 37
PY2024 $14,257.91 63

Payment records · PY2024 (63)

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 $575.00 01/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445982 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $77.93 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365284 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $316.59 07/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445988 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.59 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365270 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $171.53 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365286 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $667.95 09/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445984 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 09/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445990 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $38.28 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365272 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $125.46 10/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125445986 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.81 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365274 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.23 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365276 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $80.15 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365278 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.04 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365280 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $124.02 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365282 CMS
ABIOMED $81.68 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142230609 CMS
ABIOMED $129.34 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142230643 CMS
ABIOMED $127.57 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142230699 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 09/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146567160 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $34.00 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146567156 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146567158 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $103.06 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146567154 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $23.80 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791320 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $937.50 07/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092365373 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $937.50 08/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092365375 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $937.50 12/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092365377 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6.33 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808501 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.32 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808493 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.69 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808497 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.73 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808499 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $504.34 03/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808503 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.78 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808491 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.81 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808495 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $88.72 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808507 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $82.47 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808509 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $281.00 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808511 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $386.25 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808519 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $78.38 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808521 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $83.39 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808513 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $71.45 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808515 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $64.15 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808517 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $49.05 04/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808523 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.61 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808599 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $40.53 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808569 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.49 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808571 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.72 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808573 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $18.75 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808575 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $112.05 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808579 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.35 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808603 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $140.75 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808591 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7.02 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808597 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $24.64 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138808601 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $32.54 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077637634 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $19.27 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466666 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.95 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119574067 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.57 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119574069 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $142.95 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119574071 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $149.99 09/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525543 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $376.96 09/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525545 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $40.88 09/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525541 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $21.21 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525539 CMS
Teleflex LLC $1,900.00 11/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142082796 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $926.94 10/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757438 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $2,538.68 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757440 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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