Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER LYNN MESHBERGER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1225425390
CMS profile
4222586
Location
CHATTANOOGA, TN

General Payments · PY2020–2025

$3,585.86

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$173.30

10 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $171.64 9
Education $1.66 1

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $2,067.43 6
PY2021 $193.54 5
PY2022 $379.29 23
PY2023 $593.15 31
PY2024 $179.15 11
PY2025 $173.30 10

Payment records · PY2025 (10)

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

Program year 2025 20202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $16.22 01/31/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241816456 CMS
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.10 08/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253191639 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $14.29 09/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1249413448 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.86 05/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225652767 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.92 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200638265 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.32 03/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227416022 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.97 11/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227416025 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $13.97 12/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227416028 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $24.99 02/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244425243 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $1.66 05/15/2025 Education Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244425241 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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