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

JAYA KALA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1306158878
CMS profile
1393520
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$77,551.59

  • Reported across 116 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$16,075.42

23 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BTG INTERNATIONAL, INC. $16,053.16 22
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $22.26 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $17,481.17 24
PY2019 $17,512.36 28
PY2020 $5,399.68 12
PY2022 $9,654.95 20
PY2023 $11,428.01 9
PY2024 $16,075.42 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 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
BTG International, Inc. $35.00 02/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178876 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $110.00 02/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178878 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $790.86 02/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178880 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $238.66 03/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178882 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $119.74 03/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178884 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $3,150.00 04/04/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178886 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $1,225.00 04/04/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134050430 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $875.00 04/18/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178888 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $123.57 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178890 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $1,575.00 04/24/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178892 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $35.00 04/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178894 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $110.00 04/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178896 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $633.88 04/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178898 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $100.13 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178900 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $2,712.50 05/15/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178902 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $254.96 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178904 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $70.00 06/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178906 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $228.00 06/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178908 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $2,800.00 06/18/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178910 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $120.42 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178912 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $519.00 08/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178914 CMS
BTG International, Inc. $226.44 08/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126178916 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.26 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087151208 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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