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Covered recipient · General Payments record

THOMAS WHEELER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1154536506
CMS profile
1164902
Location
COLUMBIA, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$20,208.16

  • Reported across 266 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,458.37

52 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 $1,458.37 52

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $12,994.06 52
PY2019 $634.91 26
PY2020 $2,055.26 12
PY2021 $798.31 36
PY2022 $1,132.85 41
PY2023 $1,134.40 47
PY2024 $1,458.37 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $20.06 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824246 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $17.29 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824248 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.96 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093971142 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.26 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117716518 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.25 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117716520 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.87 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116206746 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.46 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104212837 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.78 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105708826 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $125.38 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104562122 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $31.25 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104743557 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.95 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105649474 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.72 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104397011 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.16 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105244760 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.61 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105490847 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $18.96 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150694407 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $70.33 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120661907 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $61.30 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120661909 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $68.93 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120661901 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.82 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086119716 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.23 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086107470 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.90 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117894601 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $17.93 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141511739 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.02 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141515821 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $22.54 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141518377 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.12 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141519821 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.25 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141522783 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $126.29 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141522949 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.99 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526920 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $20.32 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089497750 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $28.69 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089497742 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.88 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194204 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.69 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194202 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $20.94 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194210 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $20.17 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194208 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $15.75 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194200 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $19.36 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194206 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $31.50 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116240114 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.53 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116665087 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.46 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135465474 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.47 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135483989 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.79 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145152393 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.28 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087433986 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.31 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096943068 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $80.29 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154282455 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.53 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119003863 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.37 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119003865 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.82 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119003867 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $17.31 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119003869 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $20.53 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119003871 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $27.28 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149925893 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $17.93 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124038644 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $20.56 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124061976 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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