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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

ASHER IAN SHAFTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1295964187
CMS profile
1111597
Location
PITTSBURGH, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,304.30

  • Reported across 142 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,008.41

46 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.

Related groups: Cardiovascular Disease PA All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $1,552.36 7
Food and Beverage $1,456.05 39

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,504.89 15
Abbott Laboratories $1,232.75 15
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $187.67 12
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $25.53 1
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.80 1
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.69 1
PFIZER INC. $17.08 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,058.92 43
PY2019 $294.89 12
PY2021 $137.95 3
PY2022 $682.29 15
PY2023 $1,121.84 23
PY2024 $3,008.41 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $12.42 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969806 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $149.99 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969810 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $8.63 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969822 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $144.00 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969814 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.62 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969818 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.60 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969826 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $28.66 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969837 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $28.66 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969841 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $363.43 09/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125401156 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $326.22 09/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125401154 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 09/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125401158 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.98 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969829 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $123.21 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969833 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.47 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969845 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.84 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124969849 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.69 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117954381 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.71 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304471 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.87 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304475 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.86 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304473 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.15 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304479 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.38 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304465 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.19 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304483 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.19 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304481 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.90 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304467 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.99 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304477 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.90 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304469 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.26 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304485 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.27 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092304487 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.80 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101605874 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $165.95 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768198 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $20.89 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768196 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.83 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768234 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $27.63 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768246 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $137.08 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768258 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $27.74 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768256 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $145.82 07/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768290 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $218.98 07/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768292 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $21.70 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768314 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $254.79 08/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768324 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $138.13 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768284 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.85 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768286 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $28.99 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768288 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $47.41 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768294 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $234.10 08/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138768322 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.08 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131909688 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $25.53 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148107971 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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