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

VINAY A SUNKU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1326039405
CMS profile
1169645
Location
LANCASTER, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$818.94

  • Reported across 28 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$482.05

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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $253.47 2
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $80.98 4
Acerta Pharma LLC $64.16 3
Amgen Inc. $37.98 2
Lilly USA, LLC $16.01 1
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.79 1
Ardelyx, Inc. $13.66 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $130.96 4
PY2022 $43.42 2
PY2023 $162.51 8
PY2024 $482.05 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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

Program year 2024 201820222023 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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $25.47 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145826403 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $13.25 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145826405 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $17.65 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145826407 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 08/19/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145832883 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.66 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116162203 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.32 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116162209 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $13.66 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146710043 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.30 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105253256 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $29.45 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104370157 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.41 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104429373 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.01 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135476610 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.47 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087337767 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $225.00 11/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087337781 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.79 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118989952 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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