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

THOMAS C CAVES

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1144284522
CMS profile
97418
Location
SANTA BARBARA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,682.41

  • Reported across 268 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$565.83

27 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 $565.83 27

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,749.41 121
PY2019 $1,287.50 70
PY2020 $274.29 16
PY2021 $329.14 13
PY2022 $216.39 8
PY2023 $259.85 13
PY2024 $565.83 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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. $5.97 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430528 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $6.35 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430530 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.06 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430532 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $10.15 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430534 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.71 06/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430536 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.70 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430538 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.20 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430540 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.44 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430542 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.70 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430544 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.97 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430546 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.16 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430548 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.94 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103430550 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $32.19 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146674256 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $33.48 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146674258 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $24.40 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139664840 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $23.89 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139664934 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $23.30 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078337797 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $19.90 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144162895 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $18.93 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144162897 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $0.78 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151047078 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.74 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151047080 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.54 11/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151047082 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $109.14 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151047084 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $22.69 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114020514 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $21.87 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114020516 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $24.68 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153670194 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $22.95 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153455349 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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