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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

JAMES R HIGGINS

NPI
1194727164
CMS profile
99443
Location
TULSA, OK

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,956.34

  • Reported across 451 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$941.45

52 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: OK All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $941.45 52

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $176.75 7
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $140.29 11
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $132.24 9
Amgen Inc. $131.06 8
Medtronic, Inc. $81.09 1
PFIZER INC. $59.48 3
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $56.87 3
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $51.43 3
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $38.55 2
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $34.11 2
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.80 1
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.38 1
VivaQuant Inc, dba Rhythm Express $11.40 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,791.95 119
PY2019 $1,381.05 60
PY2020 $747.73 30
PY2021 $1,362.92 59
PY2022 $1,503.15 67
PY2023 $1,228.09 64
PY2024 $941.45 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

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
Amgen Inc. $16.33 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599082 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.94 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599084 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.78 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599086 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.05 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599088 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.06 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599090 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.09 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599092 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.61 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599094 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.20 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111599096 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $28.71 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599127 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.96 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599121 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.95 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599129 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.16 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599125 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.24 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599133 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.37 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599123 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $30.36 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092599131 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.80 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101485952 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $22.00 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129438516 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $19.66 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129438518 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.21 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129438520 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $16.59 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152383010 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $21.96 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152383012 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $17.78 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154884121 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $16.33 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154884161 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.38 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081699105 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $81.09 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117104717 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $12.55 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141946819 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.54 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141799984 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.01 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141903456 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $10.90 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141946821 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.15 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141800152 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.50 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141800150 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.65 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141800148 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.79 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141903458 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.15 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141800154 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.06 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870195 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.53 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870197 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.10 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870199 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.88 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870205 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $4.11 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870207 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.88 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870215 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.29 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870221 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.90 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870223 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.58 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870251 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.90 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870255 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.06 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086870259 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.22 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131393610 CMS
PFIZER INC. $27.04 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131427600 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.22 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131692789 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $15.16 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139600868 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $19.09 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139600898 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.18 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139600916 CMS
VivaQuant Inc, dba Rhythm Express $11.40 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154303743 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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