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

MEREDITH C HITCH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology

NPI
1134269848
CMS profile
323432
Location
DOTHAN, AL

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$5,842.86

  • Reported across 153 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,647.96

8 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
Consulting Fee $2,412.00 2
Food and Beverage $235.96 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $2,412.00 2
GENZYME CORPORATION $156.14 4
QOL Medical, LLC $63.18 1
DEXCOM, INC. $16.64 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $778.58 31
PY2020 $220.84 15
PY2021 $719.44 42
PY2022 $1,000.30 43
PY2023 $475.74 14
PY2024 $2,647.96 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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
Dexcom, Inc. $16.64 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1153321722 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $16.87 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1139818395 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $121.95 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1139818419 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $12.84 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1139818415 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $4.48 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1139818425 CMS
QOL Medical, LLC $63.18 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1147728120 CMS
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $804.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1114400211 CMS
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1,608.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1114400213 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P06302026_06032026.csv

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