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

WILLIAM W KESSLER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

NPI
1083710842
CMS profile
275708
Location
ELIZABETH, NJ

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$1,588.36

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$593.06

29 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 $593.06 29

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $142.70 7
PY2020 $42.95 3
PY2021 $56.92 4
PY2022 $129.17 8
PY2023 $152.55 9
PY2024 $471.01 26
PY2025 $593.06 29

Payment records · PY2025 (29)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 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
ABBVIE INC. $18.69 01/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1202183399 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $18.53 09/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238697294 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.93 02/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206485276 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.37 06/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206212701 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.21 10/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1207059756 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.73 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1207049581 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.84 11/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206918252 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.80 05/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225603369 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.05 08/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225603371 CMS
Celgene Corporation $15.07 09/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184878369 CMS
Celgene Corporation $18.23 10/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184878381 CMS
Celgene Corporation $15.95 12/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184878407 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $15.83 03/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1197052523 CMS
Geron Corporation $18.49 03/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238889882 CMS
Incyte Corporation $15.39 03/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1226073366 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $18.50 03/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175166449 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $31.85 04/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175166613 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $18.40 04/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175166690 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $39.83 11/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175166674 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $19.91 12/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1175166480 CMS
Legend Biotech USA Inc. $49.41 02/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1236477260 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.01 02/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1186975532 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.80 06/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238082279 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.72 11/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238044149 CMS
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation $18.63 07/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246830456 CMS
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation $20.65 08/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246830474 CMS
PharmaEssentia USA Corporation $18.63 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1246830528 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $18.63 02/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1212959151 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $21.98 03/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223778898 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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