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

PAUL G COLE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1396710737
CMS profile
244944
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,121.52

  • Reported across 360 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$807.71

44 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 $807.71 44

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,352.89 76
PY2019 $834.51 54
PY2020 $440.17 28
PY2021 $463.71 28
PY2022 $1,664.80 63
PY2023 $1,557.73 67
PY2024 $807.71 44

Payment records · PY2024 (44)

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
Abbott Laboratories $20.23 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125044474 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.34 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125044476 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.31 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125044478 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.74 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125044480 CMS
ABIOMED $34.91 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142257652 CMS
ABIOMED $21.30 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142257676 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.82 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115521496 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $13.07 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120630574 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $14.72 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120630576 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.65 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588871 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.90 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588889 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.01 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588869 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.82 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588891 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.82 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588875 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.03 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588879 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.96 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588887 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.55 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588873 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.90 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588877 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.11 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588881 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.16 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588885 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.86 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588883 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $4.56 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071090 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $17.75 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071094 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $15.54 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071098 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $27.40 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071102 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $37.13 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071105 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $37.57 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071109 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $26.91 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071113 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $33.27 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071117 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $4.22 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071121 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $22.30 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140071125 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $23.95 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154047053 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $26.54 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154047089 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $25.31 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154047141 CMS
Itamar Medical Inc $19.38 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154006604 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.75 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141920816 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $19.23 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141636089 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.73 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086717595 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.08 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086717601 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.42 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086717607 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.79 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096981442 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.70 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080678794 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.13 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080678818 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $22.84 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080678898 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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