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

KATHRYN N HESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Rheumatology

NPI
1336350040
CMS profile
196291
Location
ARLINGTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,718.99

  • Reported across 291 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$656.49

35 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 $656.49 35

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $176.14 10
ABBVIE INC. $162.12 8
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $127.19 7
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $63.84 3
Organon LLC $32.48 2
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC $27.28 1
ABIOMED $20.53 1
UCB, Inc. $16.70 1
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $15.42 1
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $14.79 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $802.42 57
PY2019 $1,203.61 87
PY2020 $515.74 32
PY2021 $619.61 32
PY2022 $362.48 20
PY2023 $558.64 28
PY2024 $656.49 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

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
ABBVIE INC. $20.09 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914255 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.99 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914257 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.35 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914259 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.83 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914261 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.54 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914263 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.34 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914265 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.36 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914267 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.62 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914269 CMS
ABIOMED $20.53 07/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142308995 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.09 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598906 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.57 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117276896 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.39 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598908 CMS
Amgen Inc. $12.70 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117276898 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.64 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598910 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.73 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117276900 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.80 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598912 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.68 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598914 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.73 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117276902 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.81 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111598916 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $15.42 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150682298 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $28.36 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101337055 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.42 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101337099 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.06 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101337119 CMS
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC $27.28 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146943170 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $14.77 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082675 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.93 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082680 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $20.56 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082684 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $17.14 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082688 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $17.69 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082692 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $18.00 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082696 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.10 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145082700 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.79 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086954623 CMS
Organon Llc $21.22 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136219117 CMS
Organon Llc $11.26 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136219121 CMS
UCB, Inc. $16.70 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143462607 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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