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

CHRISTOPHER R FLOWERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Hematology & Oncology

NPI
1174630503
CMS profile
325884
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$270,318.11

  • Reported across 118 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$77,173.55

17 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 $66,902.00 5
Travel and Lodging $9,505.35 3
Food and Beverage $766.20 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $69,751.94 7
Genentech, Inc. $4,291.18 3
Genentech USA, Inc. $3,017.62 4
Stryker Corporation $64.74 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $48.07 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $57,373.56 44
PY2019 $6,731.92 10
PY2020 $7,565.00 3
PY2021 $17,827.99 9
PY2022 $22,138.93 15
PY2023 $81,507.16 20
PY2024 $77,173.55 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $8,356.24 08/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989171 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $56,367.00 08/31/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989175 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $574.57 08/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989183 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $302.02 08/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989187 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $574.54 09/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989167 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $3,420.00 09/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989179 CMS
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. $157.57 09/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989195 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $46.49 06/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989142 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $2,850.00 06/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989163 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $62.01 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989155 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $59.12 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989159 CMS
Genentech, Inc. $3,395.00 05/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989146 CMS
Genentech, Inc. $870.00 06/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989151 CMS
Genentech, Inc. $26.18 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132989191 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $48.07 06/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141670262 CMS
Stryker Corporation $44.85 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119828961 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.89 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119828963 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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