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

ALAN C HEFFNER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

NPI
1093700460
CMS profile
48909
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$408,629.05

  • Reported across 475 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$27,098.34

32 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $12,185.36 16
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $7,305.11 5
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7,029.02 4
Medtronic, Inc. $212.76 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $125.70 2
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $123.75 2
Shionogi Inc $116.64 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $112,490.01 155
PY2019 $97,694.93 103
PY2020 $39,427.73 39
PY2021 $60,640.05 54
PY2022 $40,168.65 59
PY2023 $31,109.34 33
PY2024 $27,098.34 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $40.25 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104310658 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $85.45 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105585326 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $22.39 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631047 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $3.30 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631037 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $47.60 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631039 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $26.81 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631057 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $193.87 11/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631049 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $2.38 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631041 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $109.82 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631059 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $121.39 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631035 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $203.84 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631045 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $663.84 11/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631053 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $74.67 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631055 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $15.73 11/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631043 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $15.72 11/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631051 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $10,400.00 12/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631011 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $34.92 12/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631013 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $249.08 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127631015 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $38.19 01/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138807485 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,250.00 02/20/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138807481 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,227.21 10/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138807529 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $513.62 11/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138807525 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $16.75 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150253890 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $107.00 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150253892 CMS
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $121.20 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125502843 CMS
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $2,544.00 06/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125502845 CMS
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $1,696.00 07/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125502849 CMS
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $1,141.91 07/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125502851 CMS
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $1,802.00 07/23/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125502847 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1.15 10/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117060694 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $211.61 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117060696 CMS
Shionogi Inc $116.64 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154341508 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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