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Covered recipient · General Payments record

GARY J SHEPPARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1174502702
CMS profile
143449
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$11,410.69

  • Reported across 430 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,707.99

48 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 $1,707.99 48

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,281.09 101
PY2019 $1,768.47 80
PY2020 $1,185.83 56
PY2021 $937.73 53
PY2022 $1,206.68 52
PY2023 $2,322.90 40
PY2024 $1,707.99 48

Payment records · PY2024 (48)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $116.15 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093903612 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.52 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117381444 CMS
Amgen Inc. $149.90 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117682584 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.98 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117381446 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.53 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705822 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.38 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117381448 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.96 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117381450 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.89 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705824 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.99 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117381452 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.32 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104202047 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.41 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104606570 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.67 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105447749 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.23 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105627037 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.46 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104645901 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $29.10 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104735057 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.75 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104224395 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.08 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105578576 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.80 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104392005 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.23 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104352198 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.66 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105491051 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.98 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134012669 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.68 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086139905 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.27 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117901656 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.16 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117901658 CMS
Cardinal Health 200 LLC $20.63 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100537962 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $27.75 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153301020 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.69 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129455194 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $21.89 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114894401 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.93 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114894412 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $123.92 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139635795 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $130.96 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139635837 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.00 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116387482 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $26.00 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116702623 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $29.04 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116508669 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $113.06 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148110583 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $127.00 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148110587 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $36.93 09/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148110591 CMS
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. $17.63 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113470515 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $25.44 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134995022 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.24 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134994878 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.92 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135001958 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.92 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141920386 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.32 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087294753 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $55.10 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097481117 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $55.10 07/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096885575 CMS
PFIZER INC. $21.26 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131205219 CMS
PFIZER INC. $22.73 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132130650 CMS
Seqirus USA Inc $28.43 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125629542 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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