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Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC vs Channel Medsystems, Inc.

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?

Channel Medsystems, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 5,715, versus 3,232 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 73.4% 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.

Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC
HHI 3,232 · top recipient 54.1%
Ranked #541 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Channel Medsystems, Inc.
HHI 5,715 · top recipient 73.4%
Ranked #280 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$196.1K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
110
Avg per Transaction
$1.8K
Recipients
110
Avg per Recipient
$1.8K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Total Payments
$194.3K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
521
Avg per Transaction
$373.02
Recipients
521
Avg per Recipient
$373.02
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC vs Channel Medsystems, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC$196.1KChannel Medsystems, Inc.$194.3K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC

Consulting Fee $122.0K

62.2%

Royalty or License $54.4K

27.8%

Food and Beverage $13.9K

7.1%

Entertainment $5.7K

2.9%

Channel Medsystems, Inc.

Consulting Fee $181.3K

93.3%

Food and Beverage $13.0K

6.7%

Gift $8.58

0.0%

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.

Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC

  1. 1

    KEVIN JAMES

    $106,086.63 · 23 txns

  2. 2

    LAWRENCE G LENKE

    $26,527.02 · 3 txns

  3. 3

    JEFFREY MULLIN

    $13,834.55 · 7 txns

  4. 4

    JEFFERY GUM

    $12,803.91 · 6 txns

  5. 5

    IOANNIS AVRAMIS

    $6,900.85 · 6 txns

Channel Medsystems, Inc.

  1. 1

    BARBARA LEVY

    $142,665.00 · 12 txns

  2. 2

    ANDREW BRILL

    $35,000.00 · 14 txns

  3. 3

    Leslie Hansen-Lindner

    $1,752.86 · 3 txns

  4. 4

    WILLIAM SALTER

    $1,010.56 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    TARANEH SHIRAZIAN

    $1,000.00 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC Channel Medsystems, Inc.
Total Payments $196.1K $194.3K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 110 521
Avg per Transaction $1.8K $373.02
Recipient Count 110 521
Avg per Recipient $1.8K $373.02
Payment Type Count 4 3
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Consulting Fee

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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