Eric Haas, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1275501603
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.9%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $58,662 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $804 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 180 payments — averaging $779.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$101K
- THD America, Inc.$12K
- Axonics, Inc.$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$7K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$6K
- Medtronic$621
- plus $2K from 13 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $7664.25 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Axonics, Inc.$69K
- Boston Scientific$51K
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.$27K
- Conmed Corporation$25K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,32111%
- Speaking & faculty fees$63,00045%
- Grants$10,0007%
- Travel & lodging$12,7869%
- Food & beverage$9,1507%
- Education$30,08321%
- Gifts$140%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 97 | $100,733 |
| THD America, Inc. | 15 | $11,842 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 26 | $11,596 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $7,196 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $6,000 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $621 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $548 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $536 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $225 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $197 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $148 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $118 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $102 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $102 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $21 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$99,518
- Axonics$11,112
- GELPOINT PATH$6,000
- GELPOINT$6,000
- KII FIOS$6,000
- PHASIX$548
- Echelon Flex$263
- V-LOC 180$223
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$168
- Signia$156
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$153
- PerClot$148
- ActivSight$145
- SmartAblateTM System RF Generator$138
- Enseal X1$125
- VISTASEAL$121
- MONOCRYL$121
- Bulkamid$107
- EXPAREL$102
How this compares
$140,354 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 200 colon & rectal surgery providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 41 | $2,660 |
| Lactated RingersRinger's Solution,lactated | 38 | $372 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Jean-Paul LefaveHouston$47K
- George ChangHouston$31K
- Michael SnyderHouston$24K
- Marianne CusickHouston$22K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.