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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ADAM B STERN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1376769893
CMS profile
17245
Location
CARY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,370.68

  • Reported across 264 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,122.98

51 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 NC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,118.83 50
Education $4.15 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $346.96 14
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $169.66 7
Retrophin, Inc. $110.76 7
Ardelyx, Inc. $92.98 4
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $75.73 5
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $66.16 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $62.30 3
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $48.90 2
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $42.75 2
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $42.71 2
Novo Nordisk AS $22.37 1
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $21.88 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.82 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $690.15 42
PY2019 $1,118.12 53
PY2020 $430.55 25
PY2021 $380.27 20
PY2022 $745.46 31
PY2023 $883.15 42
PY2024 $1,122.98 51

Payment records · PY2024 (51)

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 $21.88 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145830817 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.08 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093928725 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.63 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093884766 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.32 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117391638 CMS
Amgen Inc. $26.29 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716634 CMS
Amgen Inc. $27.89 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716636 CMS
Amgen Inc. $33.30 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716638 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.62 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117391640 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.60 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716640 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.28 06/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716642 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.75 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716644 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.71 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716646 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.01 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117391642 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.20 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716648 CMS
Amgen Inc. $30.60 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716650 CMS
Amgen Inc. $30.59 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716652 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.80 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111716654 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $22.28 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146709613 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $24.60 02/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146709615 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $26.08 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146709617 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.02 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146709619 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $26.03 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105799240 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.92 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105561772 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.35 08/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105762886 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.93 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086189374 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.82 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086265435 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $24.89 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141516879 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $24.01 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141528233 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.82 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116701315 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $37.44 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145142015 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $28.72 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145142019 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.16 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087280309 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.75 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087280311 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.65 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087280323 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.79 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087280327 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.38 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087280331 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.37 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096637526 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.01 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988350 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.91 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988352 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.11 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988354 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $25.53 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988356 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $8.07 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988358 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.04 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988360 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.99 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118988362 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $18.29 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938217 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $23.06 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938225 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $22.48 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938221 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $0.84 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938205 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $4.15 08/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938209 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.47 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938213 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $25.47 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149938229 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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