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

JOEL R WACHS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1164490678
CMS profile
143473
Location
MARIETTA, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,688.94

  • Reported across 242 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,128.63

47 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 $1,128.63 47

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $957.46 52
PY2019 $846.91 48
PY2020 $259.70 15
PY2021 $32.26 2
PY2022 $381.01 18
PY2023 $1,082.97 60
PY2024 $1,128.63 47

Payment records · PY2024 (47)

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
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $20.06 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078883795 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $22.22 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078884007 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.70 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111734867 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.37 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111734869 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.99 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111734871 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.15 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086155974 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.68 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898362 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.57 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898356 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.66 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898358 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.72 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898364 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.92 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898360 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.20 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117898366 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $6.30 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251167 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $2.05 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251173 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $23.83 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251179 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $5.84 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251187 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $23.22 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251189 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.69 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251213 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $25.44 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251247 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $10.64 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251245 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.57 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101251239 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $24.10 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129459162 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $22.26 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129459164 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.83 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129459166 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $18.14 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129459168 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $28.15 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077993888 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $33.48 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077993944 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $29.45 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077994046 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $162.96 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117091324 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.82 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141853603 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.09 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141924255 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.30 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141655211 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $19.74 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141653969 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.98 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141653971 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.80 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141655213 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.07 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141853713 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.78 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087363022 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $36.89 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087363026 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.02 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087363024 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.12 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087363036 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $41.08 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087363040 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.36 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097104887 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.40 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131994287 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.67 12/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131013695 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $32.56 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139577550 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $13.23 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080630118 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $39.53 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080630124 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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