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

VIVEK P KUSHWAHA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1982681730
CMS profile
362791
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$457,858.75

  • Reported across 224 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,596.95

21 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 $1,537.94 16
Travel and Lodging $1,059.01 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $1,257.44 11
SPINEART USA INC $698.77 2
SI-BONE, INC. $175.67 2
Clariance, Inc. $141.85 1
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $141.52 2
Medtronic, Inc. $137.51 1
Abbott Laboratories $44.19 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $144,473.75 47
PY2019 $109,193.22 50
PY2020 $5,269.54 21
PY2021 $24,344.03 29
PY2022 $69,486.71 25
PY2023 $102,494.55 31
PY2024 $2,596.95 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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 $16.78 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125371155 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $27.41 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125371159 CMS
Clariance, Inc. $141.85 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096316649 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $17.71 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147247245 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $123.81 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147247247 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $137.51 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119578715 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $10.00 05/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608981 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $697.95 05/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089609001 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $30.00 06/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608991 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $63.42 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608995 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $15.23 07/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608983 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $28.88 07/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608989 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $160.53 07/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608997 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $160.53 07/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608999 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $15.23 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608985 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $28.87 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608987 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $46.80 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608993 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $28.51 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120065195 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $147.16 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120073303 CMS
SPINEART USA INC $108.77 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140053092 CMS
SPINEART USA INC $590.00 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140052684 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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