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LivaNova USA, Inc. vs United Therapeutics Corporation

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

LivaNova USA, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 7,836, versus 355 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.9% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

LivaNova USA, Inc.
HHI 7,836 · top recipient 0.9%
Ranked #197 of 1,838 companies by HHI
United Therapeutics Corporation
HHI 355 · top recipient 0.2%
Ranked #1,414 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

LivaNova USA, Inc.

Total Payments
$26.3M
% of Industry
0.2%
Transactions
10,999
Avg per Transaction
$2.4K
Recipients
8,622
Avg per Recipient
$3.1K
Payment Types
9
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License
Total Payments
$26.6M
% of Industry
0.2%
Transactions
21,596
Avg per Transaction
$1.2K
Recipients
16,575
Avg per Recipient
$1.6K
Payment Types
6
Top Payment Type
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

LivaNova USA, Inc. vs United Therapeutics Corporation - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

United Therapeutics Corpora…$26.6MLivaNova USA, Inc.$26.3M

Payment Types Breakdown

LivaNova USA, Inc.

Royalty or License $17.5M

66.3%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $893.0K

3.4%

Travel and Lodging $503.5K

1.9%

Food and Beverage $363.3K

1.4%

Debt Forgiveness $303.6K

1.2%

Honoraria $83.0K

0.3%

United Therapeutics Corporation

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $1.7M

6.3%

Consulting Fee $1.5M

5.4%

Food and Beverage $539.9K

2.0%

Education $340.7K

1.3%

Travel and Lodging $300.2K

1.1%

Space Rental or Facility Fees $28.2K

0.1%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

LivaNova USA, Inc.

  1. 1

    IVAN OSORIO

    $17,456,052.97 · 5 txns

  2. 2

    AHMED ABDELMOITY

    $174,428.84 · 219 txns

  3. 3

    AUGUSTUS RUSH

    $169,053.91 · 103 txns

  4. 4

    DANIELLE BECKER

    $109,099.51 · 123 txns

  5. 5

    KATHRYN A. POLOVITZ

    $58,369.34 · 88 txns

United Therapeutics Corporation

  1. 1

    Rush University Medical Center

    $707,500.00 · 6 txns

  2. 2

    JORGE MALLEA

    $199,703.97 · 13 txns

  3. 3

    LANA MELENDRES GROVES

    $114,388.16 · 117 txns

  4. 4

    GEORGE SEMENIUK

    $109,020.00 · 22 txns

  5. 5

    ANTHONY CUCCI

    $96,934.02 · 129 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric LivaNova USA, Inc. United Therapeutics Corporation
Total Payments $26.3M $26.6M
% of Industry Total 0.2% 0.2%
Transaction Count 10,999 21,596
Avg per Transaction $2.4K $1.2K
Recipient Count 8,622 16,575
Avg per Recipient $3.1K $1.6K
Payment Type Count 9 6
Top Payment Type Royalty or License Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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