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

CHRISTIAN A KAUFMAN

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

NPI
1073015046
CMS profile
11176072
Location
SPINDALE, NC

General Payments · PY2021

$144.00

  • Reported across 9 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$144.00

9 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $144.00 9

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $28.03 2
Insulet Corporation $22.05 1
DEXCOM, INC. $20.03 1
ACACIA PHARMA INC $16.06 1
ABBVIE INC. $16.04 1
Organon LLC $14.79 1
Lilly USA, LLC $13.85 1
Novo Nordisk AS $13.15 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $144.00 9

Payment records · PY2021 (9)

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

Program year 2021
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $16.04 04/13/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 794644223 CMS
Acacia Pharma Inc $16.06 08/03/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 853793874 CMS
DEXCOM, INC. $20.03 07/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 845316611 CMS
Insulet Corporation $22.05 11/09/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 839837045 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.85 06/22/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 818794171 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.32 04/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 814487037 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.71 10/11/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 814487039 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.15 04/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 810693875 CMS
Organon LLC $14.79 07/27/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 837182731 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
2021
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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