Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CAROLINE ZAHM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1033593827
CMS profile
1335541
Location
LAFAYETTE, LA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$1,080.62

  • Reported across 24 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$426.82

12 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $426.82 12

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $99.77 1
PY2021 $345.75 3
PY2022 $87.01 1
PY2023 $21.77 1
PY2024 $99.50 6
PY2025 $426.82 12

Payment records · PY2025 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 20192021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $83.30 05/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225251798 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.96 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238375246 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.55 07/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238289991 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.39 02/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200418573 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.16 03/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200418587 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.81 04/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200418589 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.42 06/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200418593 CMS
PFIZER INC. $33.85 12/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1231142211 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $17.28 04/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1228182844 CMS
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $141.14 09/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1180542775 CMS
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $26.71 12/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1180542777 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.25 01/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173625592 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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