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

EDGARD M VERA TAPIA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1235127515
CMS profile
236677
Location
VICTORVILLE, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,686.02

  • Reported across 200 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,757.23

25 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
Travel and Lodging $2,240.81 7
Food and Beverage $366.99 15
Education $149.43 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,186.13 60
PY2019 $710.26 44
PY2020 $449.55 17
PY2021 $682.52 31
PY2022 $282.23 14
PY2023 $618.10 9
PY2024 $2,757.23 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $22.32 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824846 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 10/24/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145833949 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $14.21 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145830443 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $13.50 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146712819 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.89 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104528218 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $25.35 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105579354 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.84 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105855516 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $21.17 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150694025 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.19 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086143569 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.57 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086171580 CMS
CSL Behring $809.94 05/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639255 CMS
CSL Behring $177.27 05/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639257 CMS
CSL Behring $125.00 05/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639259 CMS
CSL Behring $50.00 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639287 CMS
CSL Behring $50.00 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639299 CMS
CSL Behring $233.04 05/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639303 CMS
CSL Behring $53.81 05/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639305 CMS
CSL Behring $664.48 05/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639317 CMS
CSL Behring $177.27 05/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134639319 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $29.41 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116198599 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $33.66 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116279907 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $8.82 03/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096605141 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $116.00 03/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096891057 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.66 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096717070 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $14.22 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118999473 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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