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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ERNEST BERNARD EASON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1316921125
CMS profile
332208
Location
BURLINGTON, NC

General Payments · PY2018

$733.17

  • Reported across 44 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2018

$733.17

44 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
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Related groups: Internal Medicine NC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $727.77 43
Education $5.40 1

By paying entity

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Lilly USA, LLC $185.69 3
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $171.12 12
Acerta Pharma LLC $168.71 11
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $135.14 13
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc $34.05 2
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $28.28 2
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $10.18 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $733.17 44

Payment records · PY2018 (44)

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

Program year 2018
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.38 01/08/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 559771801 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $12.18 02/08/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 562111729 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.67 02/26/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 561678887 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $29.08 03/21/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 561398319 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.12 05/02/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 562197441 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.61 06/06/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 562014427 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.24 06/27/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 560251277 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $10.88 08/01/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 560586151 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.65 08/22/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 560462361 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $5.40 08/22/2018 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 560493881 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $11.50 10/01/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 559906889 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.33 01/03/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151023 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.91 01/03/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151055 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.74 01/22/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151037 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.95 02/07/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151029 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.95 04/16/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151049 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.85 05/07/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151041 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.06 05/16/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549151015 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $10.11 07/18/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549541213 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $9.16 07/30/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549541227 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.80 08/06/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549541217 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $10.79 08/27/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549541239 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.47 09/19/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549541231 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $9.23 02/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 559302829 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $80.82 06/14/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 559302831 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $95.64 09/18/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 559302833 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.65 03/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 608028897 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.63 10/31/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 608028895 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $11.81 02/23/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253391 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.86 03/19/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253383 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.67 04/09/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253419 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $8.43 04/30/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253427 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $5.65 05/01/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253405 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $6.93 05/10/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253402 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $10.96 05/22/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253395 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $9.60 06/25/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253397 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.91 07/25/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253409 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.22 08/20/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253423 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $11.12 08/29/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253413 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $7.50 09/12/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253431 CMS
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $5.48 09/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 607253417 CMS
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc $15.99 03/26/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 617217491 CMS
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc $18.06 07/16/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 617247443 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $10.18 06/20/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 589975689 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2018_P01232026_01102026.csv

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