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

ROSS M REUL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1972690428
CMS profile
361859
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$18,809.71

  • Reported across 182 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,206.90

19 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 $1,206.90 19

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $464.01 6
Bone Support Inc. $152.51 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $150.85 4
Medtronic, Inc. $150.19 2
Philips Electronics North America Corporation $112.91 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $105.70 2
Surmodics, Inc. $29.21 1
Abbott Laboratories $24.42 1
Medinc of Texas $17.10 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,575.55 49
PY2019 $1,329.58 39
PY2020 $1,843.21 12
PY2021 $4,008.77 27
PY2022 $2,244.71 25
PY2023 $5,600.99 11
PY2024 $1,206.90 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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 $24.42 12/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125365568 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.41 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873022 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $49.00 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132853683 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $171.53 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900818 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $187.25 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132891591 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.95 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132834225 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.87 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132835247 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $63.84 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120666886 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $41.86 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120666888 CMS
Bone Support Inc. $152.51 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144156823 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.00 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619246 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $102.28 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619252 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.86 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619250 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.71 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092619248 CMS
Medinc of Texas $17.10 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125028176 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $124.14 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119574269 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.05 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119574271 CMS
Philips North America LLC $112.91 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146868644 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $29.21 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531690 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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