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

VANITHA BALA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1386662351
CMS profile
1256396
Location
SHENANDOAH, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,257.73

  • Reported across 194 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,757.25

31 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 $1,717.69 30
Education $39.56 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $485.41 6
PY2019 $117.65 3
PY2020 $197.51 2
PY2021 $1,043.66 47
PY2022 $1,639.92 74
PY2023 $1,016.33 31
PY2024 $1,757.25 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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. $16.44 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103270211 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.88 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103270213 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.64 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146670273 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $86.38 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146670275 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $10.54 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146670277 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $24.23 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146670279 CMS
Celgene Corporation $16.64 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101121948 CMS
Celgene Corporation $18.63 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101121968 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $142.44 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153342451 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $19.24 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078780045 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $23.24 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078780428 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $28.08 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078779902 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $123.36 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078780528 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $147.27 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078780448 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $145.07 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144161073 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $39.56 10/02/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144161075 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $159.47 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119295145 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $124.98 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097783241 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $71.43 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097414128 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $79.50 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097177067 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.00 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151037867 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.13 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151037869 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $125.00 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151037871 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.12 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151037873 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.06 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151037875 CMS
QOL Medical, LLC $140.13 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147718267 CMS
QOL Medical, LLC $39.29 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147718269 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.28 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153607766 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.90 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153552593 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.22 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137479243 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.10 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137479247 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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