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Covered recipient · General Payments record

WILLIAM S WATKINS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1093785099
CMS profile
185964
Location
GASTONIA, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,621.10

  • Reported across 372 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$846.65

42 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 $846.65 42

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,862.35 113
PY2019 $1,524.38 82
PY2020 $419.11 19
PY2021 $282.38 16
PY2022 $773.65 47
PY2023 $912.58 53
PY2024 $846.65 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

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
ABBVIE INC. $11.26 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312759 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.24 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312761 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.24 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312763 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.10 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312765 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.88 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312767 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $28.42 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312769 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.59 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106312771 CMS
AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC. $28.14 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146994875 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $15.17 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146713651 CMS
Celgene Corporation $19.92 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101169442 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $18.90 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089496818 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $21.88 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139661518 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $14.84 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139661530 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $16.98 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133778209 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.79 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113644477 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $18.56 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078829598 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.13 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141901994 CMS
PFIZER INC. $28.69 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131530420 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $28.17 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114247417 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $29.25 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114247420 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $30.84 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114247425 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $78.63 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114247428 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.95 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153517130 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.14 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153603771 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $11.88 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153583549 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.19 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153758690 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.12 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153504575 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.17 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153618891 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.73 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153415180 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.31 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153554323 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.49 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153480574 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.73 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153489979 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $11.24 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153681269 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $24.01 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153676110 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.23 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153714514 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $2.95 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153632148 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.77 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153482178 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.51 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153473013 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.05 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153556127 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.52 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153731793 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.07 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153493919 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $22.97 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137695238 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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