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

BEKIR MELEK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1114033917
CMS profile
50501
Location
COVINGTON, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,865.36

  • Reported across 55 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$305.76

15 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 $305.76 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $70.30 5
PY2019 $256.02 4
PY2020 $285.49 3
PY2021 $168.03 6
PY2022 $132.34 3
PY2023 $647.42 19
PY2024 $305.76 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
Abbott Laboratories $13.64 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124849766 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $26.80 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124849768 CMS
ABIOMED $24.08 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142211972 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $27.50 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125858064 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.17 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125858070 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.80 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092586169 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $28.92 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133236591 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $21.90 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101841822 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.43 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101841837 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $16.98 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152375521 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $28.35 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154885196 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.87 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117067784 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.07 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087117020 CMS
Philips North America LLC $19.90 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146851533 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $7.35 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571753 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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