Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RUBEN L VELEZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1053382879
CMS profile
93023
Location
DALLAS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,546.72

  • Reported across 83 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,049.25

36 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,049.25 36

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $30.97 2
PY2019 $240.78 4
PY2020 $15.02 1
PY2021 $11.78 1
PY2022 $591.04 16
PY2023 $607.88 23
PY2024 $1,049.25 36

Payment records · PY2024 (36)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.35 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094018719 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.59 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117708868 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.24 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116193501 CMS
Amgen Inc. $45.90 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116193513 CMS
Amgen Inc. $37.67 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116193517 CMS
Amgen Inc. $27.98 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116193508 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $51.63 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146712713 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.10 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105559956 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $29.24 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104648157 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.92 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105722686 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $31.01 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105690227 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.91 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104373637 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.11 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104710745 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $24.36 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105659034 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $38.21 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105360963 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $21.24 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150693995 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $20.44 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150693997 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $25.44 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150693999 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $28.58 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120665674 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.30 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086250238 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.08 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117853291 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $25.49 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082023859 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $25.25 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082023856 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $33.42 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082023868 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $23.99 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082023851 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $26.68 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082023863 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.67 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200230 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $75.50 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200234 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $21.65 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200232 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $5.76 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200228 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $136.68 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154200236 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $13.60 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116273480 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.57 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118999335 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $28.54 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118840293 CMS
Recor Medical Inc $19.73 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127687623 CMS
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $14.42 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153282901 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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