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

SANFORD LUBETKIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1316950538
CMS profile
150642
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,325.87

  • Reported across 261 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,073.84

41 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 $1,073.84 41

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $901.84 55
PY2019 $650.11 30
PY2020 $227.90 14
PY2021 $679.91 43
PY2022 $948.85 38
PY2023 $843.42 40
PY2024 $1,073.84 41

Payment records · PY2024 (41)

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
Abbott Laboratories $25.68 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124986825 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.42 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124986827 CMS
ABIOMED $30.15 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142212634 CMS
AGEPHA Pharma FZ LLC $22.55 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111016158 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.61 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115884808 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.11 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115884815 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.39 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104396733 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.64 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086268123 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.19 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117962218 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.46 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117962216 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $26.00 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101377388 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $16.77 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129444714 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $13.42 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129444716 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.26 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078204821 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $150.00 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078206393 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $24.60 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078206261 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.95 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078204393 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.56 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708101 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $5.83 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708099 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.80 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708105 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $90.19 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708107 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1.25 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708097 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.99 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081708103 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.51 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135413307 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.73 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141794680 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $19.74 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141899746 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $22.69 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141794678 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.52 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141946875 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.07 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141794682 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.78 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087060506 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.74 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087060510 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.25 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097368238 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.36 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096718556 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.94 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096937689 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.37 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096866164 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.91 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097286172 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.62 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097132958 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.93 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097527364 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.34 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097311622 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.99 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096770576 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $30.53 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080693878 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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