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

LOUIS K ESSANDOH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1316948508
CMS profile
59951
Location
ANNAPOLIS, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$35,271.84

  • Reported across 107 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,171.41

14 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 $1,171.41 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $19,573.95 38
PY2019 $10,512.29 24
PY2020 $26.73 1
PY2021 $459.40 7
PY2022 $619.66 6
PY2023 $2,908.40 17
PY2024 $1,171.41 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $95.01 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117962212 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.17 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092339734 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.18 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092339732 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $84.91 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092339736 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $111.82 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101307207 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $103.49 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129434372 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $77.96 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152376639 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $138.49 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117158818 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $117.27 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117158820 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $125.11 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117158822 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.27 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117158824 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $114.31 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117158826 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.59 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096738952 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $121.83 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096902267 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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