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

ABSALOM D HEPNER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Cardiology

NPI
1205880994
CMS profile
9606
Location
MISSION VIEJO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,356.62

  • Reported across 183 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,928.78

24 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 $5,160.00 1
Food and Beverage $761.23 22
Travel and Lodging $7.55 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $493.65 29
PY2019 $516.18 50
PY2020 $100.72 5
PY2021 $169.17 22
PY2022 $656.04 31
PY2023 $492.08 22
PY2024 $5,928.78 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.69 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092720306 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.64 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092720308 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $28.80 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092720310 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $26.02 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607834 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $19.15 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607845 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.50 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607860 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $19.15 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607864 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.38 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607871 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $24.39 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607878 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.99 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101607890 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $177.40 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138892321 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $82.06 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138892319 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7.55 06/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138892323 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,160.00 06/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138892307 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $16.45 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154180388 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $14.01 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154180390 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $54.70 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154038653 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $55.89 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154038763 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $19.68 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141845407 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $33.34 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141627981 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.28 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141628055 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.71 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086848159 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.30 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086848169 CMS
PFIZER INC. $23.70 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131941039 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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