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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ARMANDO APONTE VELEZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1205261781
CMS profile
6583315
Location
PARIS, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$2,717.39

  • Reported across 134 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$854.92

46 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: Nephrology TX All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $823.17 44
Education $31.75 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acerta Pharma LLC $176.84 10
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $160.58 8
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $118.33 6
Retrophin, Inc. $80.76 4
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $70.40 4
Ardelyx, Inc. $68.63 4
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $61.51 3
Amgen Inc. $52.30 3
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $31.75 2
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.76 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.06 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $511.45 15
PY2020 $162.02 8
PY2021 $11.29 1
PY2022 $340.08 20
PY2023 $837.63 44
PY2024 $854.92 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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. $13.55 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117191735 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.74 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111518399 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.01 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117191737 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $15.47 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669232 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.66 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669234 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $24.47 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669236 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.03 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669238 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.83 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105405011 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.30 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105873211 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.35 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105624849 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.49 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105688793 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.72 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105323424 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.95 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105835579 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.44 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105246129 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.02 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104443438 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.98 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104274089 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.76 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104549824 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.83 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086125174 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.28 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086172858 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.41 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086193472 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.23 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086167852 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.89 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086250008 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.64 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086116032 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.98 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086207661 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.32 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086267291 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.12 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914105 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.49 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914097 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.02 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914107 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.31 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914099 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.85 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914103 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.54 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117914101 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.45 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141517131 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $19.34 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141520577 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.36 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141522519 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $18.25 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526242 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.76 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154211188 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.06 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116710021 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $15.35 02/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842124 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $16.40 08/08/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842126 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.78 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854128 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.70 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854130 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.03 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854132 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $20.87 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149940380 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.89 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149940372 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $20.04 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149940376 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $22.96 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149940384 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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