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

KUNAL R BHUTA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1245714187
CMS profile
11552031
Location
ATHENS, AL

General Payments · PY2023–2025

$1,181.07

  • Reported across 52 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$724.91

29 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).
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By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $724.91 29

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $106.02 5
PY2024 $350.14 18
PY2025 $724.91 29

Payment records · PY2025 (29)

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

Program year 2025 20232024 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 $27.95 12/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241825530 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $124.99 12/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241831113 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.59 07/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1228265095 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.76 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1228265097 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $24.32 01/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835784 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $26.06 04/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835786 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $25.41 06/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835788 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $29.20 08/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835790 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $23.89 09/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835792 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $19.92 12/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247835794 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.96 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206285153 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.81 04/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225467511 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.58 05/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225467509 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.58 07/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225467513 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.75 09/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225467515 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.31 09/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225467517 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $17.13 08/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250500946 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $22.04 04/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238172056 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $30.66 02/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200169524 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.98 04/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200169526 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.18 07/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200169530 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.84 08/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200169532 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.55 01/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1189162528 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.44 04/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188672899 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $30.35 04/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188783647 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.41 06/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188896661 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.29 01/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1222075600 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.13 10/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1222075608 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $17.83 10/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227295841 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
2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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