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

HICHANG J CHOI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1245308238
CMS profile
192140
Location
LOS ALAMITOS, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,276.77

  • Reported across 64 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$288.17

13 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
Food and Beverage $288.17 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $10.75 1
PY2019 $24.16 1
PY2020 $114.80 6
PY2021 $336.39 20
PY2022 $252.54 12
PY2023 $249.96 11
PY2024 $288.17 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.52 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093940825 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $22.33 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089408934 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $20.77 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089408900 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $25.24 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133020652 CMS
Incyte Corporation $20.00 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141301273 CMS
Incyte Corporation $23.12 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141260619 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $14.86 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078305552 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.22 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078305682 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.91 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141614238 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.97 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141917917 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.70 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141840098 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.50 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780375 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $33.03 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780383 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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