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Natus Medical Incorporated vs Kairos Surgical Inc
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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?
Natus Medical Incorporated has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 3,565, versus 119 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 42.0% 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.
- Natus Medical Incorporated
- HHI 3,565 · top recipient 42.0%
- Ranked #494 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Kairos Surgical Inc
- HHI 119 · top recipient 3.4%
- Ranked #1,660 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Natus Medical Incorporated
- Total Payments
- $59.5K
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 13
- Avg per Transaction
- $4.6K
- Recipients
- 13
- Avg per Recipient
- $4.6K
- Payment Types
- 4
- Top Payment Type
- Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education)
Kairos Surgical Inc
- Total Payments
- $59.4K
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 537
- Avg per Transaction
- $110.70
- Recipients
- 537
- Avg per Recipient
- $110.70
- Payment Types
- 2
- Top Payment Type
- Travel and Lodging
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Natus Medical Incorporated vs Kairos Surgical Inc - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024
General Payment Types Breakdown
Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.
Natus Medical Incorporated
84.0%
14.3%
1.7%
0.1%
Kairos Surgical Inc
53.2%
46.8%
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.
Natus Medical Incorporated
- 1
PETER KAPLAN
$25,000.00 · 1 txns
- 2
JONATHAN HALFORD
$25,000.00 · 1 txns
- 3
BRANDON FOREMAN
$2,000.00 · 1 txns
- 4
Lawrence Hirsch
$2,000.00 · 2 txns
- 5
DAVID PRESTON
$1,500.00 · 2 txns
Kairos Surgical Inc
- 1
DANIEL SHUBERT
$2,015.36 · 3 txns
- 2
CHRISTOPHER CHIHLAS
$1,789.80 · 4 txns
- 3
SARAV SHAH
$1,784.64 · 10 txns
- 4
IAN MADOM
$1,501.04 · 3 txns
- 5
ERICA BAYLY
$1,239.91 · 8 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Natus Medical Incorporated | Kairos Surgical Inc |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $59.5K | $59.4K |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 13 | 537 |
| Avg per Transaction | $4.6K | $110.70 |
| Recipient Count | 13 | 537 |
| Avg per Recipient | $4.6K | $110.70 |
| Payment Type Count | 4 | 2 |
| Top Payment Type | Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) | Travel and Lodging |
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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