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

JAMES E UDELSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1164469813
CMS profile
52237
Location
BOSTON, MA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$458,393.51

  • Reported across 221 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$15,000.32

18 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 $11,440.00 6
Honoraria $2,400.00 1
Travel and Lodging $634.62 3
Food and Beverage $525.70 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12,600.32 17
ABIOMED $2,400.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $174,220.94 84
PY2019 $134,932.41 60
PY2020 $54,936.50 13
PY2021 $15,709.00 11
PY2022 $22,794.88 13
PY2023 $40,799.46 22
PY2024 $15,000.32 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
ABIOMED $2,400.00 03/07/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142198286 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.00 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788091 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $90.04 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788443 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,000.00 08/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141756588 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,250.00 08/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141754466 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.03 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788451 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $76.96 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141897568 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,000.00 10/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141887253 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,250.00 10/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141754468 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $185.02 11/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788441 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $77.09 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788449 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $65.00 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788089 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $299.60 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788445 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $50.00 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141898098 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $125.58 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141788447 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 11/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141756586 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,940.00 11/20/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141756590 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,000.00 12/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141756584 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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