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

WILLIAM G COMBS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1306951587
CMS profile
240172
Location
ALLENTOWN, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,079.52

  • Reported across 163 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$681.48

20 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 $681.48 20

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $389.16 6
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $153.93 10
ABIOMED $123.30 3
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $15.09 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $410.12 20
PY2019 $540.93 23
PY2020 $436.88 13
PY2021 $572.46 17
PY2022 $1,093.39 27
PY2023 $1,344.26 43
PY2024 $681.48 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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
ABIOMED $44.96 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142215907 CMS
ABIOMED $35.37 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142215911 CMS
ABIOMED $42.97 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142215959 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.23 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813937 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.74 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813947 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.23 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813963 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.24 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813957 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $22.15 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813959 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.60 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813969 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $16.46 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813965 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.60 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813971 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.60 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813997 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $74.08 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813999 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $15.09 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150252746 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.20 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154559 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.38 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154561 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $111.08 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154563 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.85 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154565 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.09 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154569 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $187.56 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117154567 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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