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

AZFAR B SHEIKH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1407295736
CMS profile
2785039
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$16,153.52

  • Reported across 199 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$898.70

33 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 $898.70 33

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $655.68 10
PY2019 $2,609.98 14
PY2020 $3,755.53 14
PY2021 $3,508.85 33
PY2022 $2,333.84 52
PY2023 $2,390.94 43
PY2024 $898.70 33

Payment records · PY2024 (33)

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 $23.03 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125049421 CMS
ABIOMED $126.04 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142240341 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $25.26 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078916613 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $21.58 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078917067 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.36 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705352 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.55 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705354 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.59 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705356 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.35 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705358 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.18 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111705360 CMS
AngioDynamics, Inc. $15.92 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095095974 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.02 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617152 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.33 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617150 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.01 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617148 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.10 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617156 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.42 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617154 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.92 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092617158 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $18.96 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138614599 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.94 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101349574 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.40 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101349588 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $52.63 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140164851 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $22.50 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078204473 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.75 12/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119305348 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.31 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141611766 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.44 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087174567 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.03 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087174579 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.12 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087174587 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.51 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087174591 CMS
Philips North America LLC $111.98 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146862386 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $18.95 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080570725 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.92 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080570727 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $18.73 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080570729 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $17.10 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080570731 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $18.77 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080570733 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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