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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

LAURA M SCHEPENS

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1174822076
CMS profile
10572996
Location
GULFPORT, MS

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$6,414.79

  • Reported across 340 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,739.32

89 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.

Related groups: Family MS All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,640.33 88
Education $98.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $459.35 26
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $159.58 4
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $131.90 6
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $126.26 6
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $104.06 5
PFIZER INC. $100.58 6
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $70.67 4
Novo Nordisk AS $67.57 4
Amgen Inc. $65.91 4
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $63.71 4
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $63.56 2
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $62.69 4
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $58.41 4
Acerta Pharma LLC $54.15 3
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $49.79 3
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $41.99 2
ABIOMED $31.54 1
CVRx Inc. $27.60 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $1,642.74 90
PY2022 $1,508.83 82
PY2023 $1,523.90 79
PY2024 $1,739.32 89

Payment records · PY2024 (89)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 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 $31.54 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142279937 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $26.02 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078896231 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $26.39 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078896221 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $98.99 08/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078896227 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $8.18 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078896217 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.25 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117376019 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.44 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117376021 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.11 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117376023 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.11 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117376025 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.08 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105352681 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.46 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104554742 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.61 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105685779 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.29 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086357758 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.06 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086339327 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.97 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086307813 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.35 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086340653 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.45 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117904038 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.88 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117904034 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.41 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117904032 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.97 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117904036 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $27.60 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138614295 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.21 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101359996 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.59 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101360012 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.93 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101360028 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $19.96 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101360040 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.49 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129475806 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $20.33 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129475808 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $13.97 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129475810 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $24.36 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067916 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $23.63 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067906 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $18.47 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067876 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $24.53 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067884 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $21.76 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067854 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.15 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078067908 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $23.39 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154862190 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $18.60 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154862220 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.75 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081710097 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $32.81 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081710099 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.99 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141851731 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.52 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141646650 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.06 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141646648 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.12 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141646646 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.51 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141922052 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.06 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141851729 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.68 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176897 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.72 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176895 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.17 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176901 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.32 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176903 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.97 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176913 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.77 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176911 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.90 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176915 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.30 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176919 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.15 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176921 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $9.40 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176927 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.34 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176937 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.52 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176931 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.30 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176933 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.43 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176935 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.63 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176941 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.65 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176945 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.74 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176951 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.14 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176953 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.11 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176955 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.36 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176957 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.30 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176959 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.90 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176965 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.69 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176967 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.16 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176973 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.46 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176971 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.24 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087176975 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.52 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100524687 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.32 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100528631 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.96 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100310359 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.77 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100357492 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.27 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130940370 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.89 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131236606 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.74 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131371765 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.40 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131789079 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.27 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131977749 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.01 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132095741 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $26.35 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139850428 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $19.99 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139850434 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $18.61 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139850442 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $20.62 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139850452 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $18.49 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139850470 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $24.01 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080647889 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $15.74 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080647985 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $2.41 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080648035 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.25 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080648179 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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