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

ASIM MERCHANT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine Sports Medicine

NPI
1376851451
CMS profile
153553
Location
SAN ANTONIO, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$313.10

  • Reported across 15 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$289.60

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
Food and Beverage $289.60 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
PFIZER INC. $84.71 5
UCB, Inc. $81.08 3
LivaNova USA, Inc. $50.11 2
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $20.12 1
ARGENX US, INC. $20.09 1
Medtronic, Inc. $16.89 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $16.60 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $23.50 1
PY2024 $289.60 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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

Program year 2024 2019 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
ARGENX US, INC. $20.09 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142108301 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $16.60 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077897324 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $27.16 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152801629 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $22.95 12/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152801697 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.89 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119292877 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.12 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131741848 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.87 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131851519 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.85 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131992679 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.21 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132105036 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.66 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131096539 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $20.12 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151547104 CMS
UCB, Inc. $28.78 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143253610 CMS
UCB, Inc. $19.51 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143253615 CMS
UCB, Inc. $32.79 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143253619 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
2019, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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