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

ROSS B NELSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1275526592
CMS profile
284505
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,695.71

  • Reported across 123 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$277.55

16 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 $277.55 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $449.41 34
PY2019 $324.01 27
PY2020 $33.56 2
PY2021 $11.28 1
PY2022 $313.05 21
PY2023 $286.85 22
PY2024 $277.55 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
ABBVIE INC. $14.68 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105110764 CMS
Averitas Pharma Inc. $16.18 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133438763 CMS
Nevro Corp. $28.00 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130779119 CMS
Nevro Corp. $31.48 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130779117 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.55 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153509959 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $7.90 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153624029 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.75 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153506035 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.62 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153539682 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.19 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153649322 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $12.49 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153434919 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.14 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153517848 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.63 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153450321 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $11.24 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153421111 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.95 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153682881 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $15.77 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105912636 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $14.98 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105906285 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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