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

CHARLES L BUSSELL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1306409438
CMS profile
11260622
Location
WACO, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$2,658.66

  • Reported across 30 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,052.87

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 $1,137.59 9
Travel and Lodging $915.28 4

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $138.44 6
PY2022 $345.62 9
PY2023 $121.73 2
PY2024 $2,052.87 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
Ardelyx, Inc. $120.93 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146673270 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.57 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612878 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $306.75 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612874 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $306.75 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612876 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $183.27 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612882 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $261.61 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612886 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $30.26 10/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612880 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $226.77 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612884 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $271.52 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092612872 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.52 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137467364 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $156.11 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137467368 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $31.97 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145053062 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $121.84 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151044876 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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