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

JAMES M WELLS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

NPI
1346453446
CMS profile
1294872
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$137,807.69

  • Reported across 126 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$10,222.72

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
Consulting Fee $10,052.00 8
Food and Beverage $170.72 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acerta Pharma LLC $5,358.77 9
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $4,760.01 2
Electromed, Inc. $64.64 2
GE HEALTHCARE $39.30 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $20,347.09 27
PY2019 $835.57 7
PY2020 $34,900.00 6
PY2021 $23,470.06 16
PY2022 $21,051.25 24
PY2023 $26,981.00 32
PY2024 $10,222.72 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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,000.00 01/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104232543 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,000.00 01/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104376899 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,400.00 02/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105601539 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $600.00 04/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105801117 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.71 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104409217 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $850.00 06/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104421351 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $43.06 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105364892 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $250.00 10/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105427957 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $200.00 10/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105637182 CMS
Electromed, Inc. $10.89 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137916250 CMS
Electromed, Inc. $53.75 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137916252 CMS
GE HEALTHCARE $39.30 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144688509 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $8.01 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137696596 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $4,752.00 08/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137696598 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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