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Covered recipient · General Payments record

GUY C ASHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1396731212
CMS profile
18304
Location
FORT WAYNE, IN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,995.07

  • Reported across 192 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$628.50

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.

Related groups: Nephrology IN All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $628.50 44

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $187.65 20
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $163.30 9
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $56.31 3
Acerta Pharma LLC $52.53 3
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $47.55 2
Amgen Inc. $33.84 2
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.61 2
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $27.08 1
Ardelyx, Inc. $15.62 1
Lilly USA, LLC $14.01 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $139.83 9
PY2019 $710.61 48
PY2020 $236.62 15
PY2021 $357.60 22
PY2022 $583.56 37
PY2023 $338.35 17
PY2024 $628.50 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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $27.08 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145831413 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.30 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111520067 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.54 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117193129 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $15.62 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146669569 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.05 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105500702 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.43 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105451493 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.05 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105448917 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $7.26 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086096493 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $3.45 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086090059 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $9.82 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086095747 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $2.29 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086086983 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.21 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086175898 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $3.44 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086092831 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4.91 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086095211 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $3.37 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086082552 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $1.26 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086093795 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.39 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086155860 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.88 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086151799 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $1.65 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086088447 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.13 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086142299 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.01 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086182179 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $12.70 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086084241 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4.36 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086092471 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $8.31 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086091705 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $12.98 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086091877 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $0.30 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086084269 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.93 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086140159 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $27.33 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141516293 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.22 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141525780 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $16.81 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194432 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $16.39 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194430 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $23.11 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154194434 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.01 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081728637 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.60 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081728639 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.01 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135016966 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.90 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855477 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $23.25 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855479 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $7.63 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855481 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $20.63 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855483 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $23.72 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855485 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.24 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855487 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $3.30 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855489 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $8.87 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855491 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $26.76 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118855493 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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