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Covered recipient · General Payments record

KOFI APPIAH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1346200961
CMS profile
241643
Location
SPARTANBURG, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,805.03

  • Reported across 373 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,120.02

52 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.

Related groups: Nephrology SC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,045.60 47
Education $74.42 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $170.68 8
Novo Nordisk AS $128.83 5
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $121.43 7
Amgen Inc. $97.61 4
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $87.68 4
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $85.36 1
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $79.11 4
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $53.06 2
Retrophin, Inc. $49.41 5
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $49.07 2
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $42.82 2
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $42.58 2
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.53 1
Relypsa, Inc. $20.73 1
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.95 1
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.63 1
Lilly USA, LLC $14.39 1
Acerta Pharma LLC $13.15 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $920.09 60
PY2019 $537.49 30
PY2020 $913.34 50
PY2021 $1,081.12 58
PY2022 $1,294.90 76
PY2023 $938.07 47
PY2024 $1,120.02 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $28.45 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145825913 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 12/05/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145834969 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.53 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094035240 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.41 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111518439 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.85 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117191757 CMS
Amgen Inc. $29.94 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111518441 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.41 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117191759 CMS
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.95 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091173800 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.63 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669246 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.15 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104553932 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $21.35 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150675632 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $21.47 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150675634 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.61 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086188512 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.35 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086263124 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.37 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086107166 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.93 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086226946 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.96 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086169296 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.25 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086252390 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.96 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086195606 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $85.36 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117971223 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.12 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141510453 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $22.56 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141516597 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $22.87 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141527212 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.13 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529309 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.39 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135079890 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $24.33 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145046991 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $18.25 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145046993 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.47 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746783 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.19 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746791 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.18 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746793 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.02 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746795 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.57 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746797 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.47 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746799 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.50 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746801 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.28 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086746803 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.98 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096667449 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.99 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097116252 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $27.14 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097089472 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $31.86 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096881946 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $31.86 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096903185 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $25.00 01/24/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842138 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $24.07 03/07/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842140 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.24 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854148 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $19.14 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854150 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $20.44 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854152 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.29 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118854154 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $0.37 08/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149946982 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $0.37 08/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149946985 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $4.00 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149946990 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $18.81 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149946993 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $25.86 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149946997 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $20.73 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124036793 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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