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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

RICARDO ALVAREZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1417078031
CMS profile
18317
Location
COLUMBUS, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$20,516.30

  • Reported across 563 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,226.01

59 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: Internal Medicine GA All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,226.01 59

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $187.07 11
Amgen Inc. $183.63 6
Novo Nordisk AS $145.70 8
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $132.43 7
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $86.85 4
Insulet Corporation $84.02 4
MannKind Corporation $66.39 3
Abbott Laboratories $47.57 2
CeQur Corporation $36.81 1
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $35.82 2
Nevro Corp. $32.25 1
Radius Health, Inc. $31.49 2
Antares Pharma, Inc. $30.25 2
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $26.89 1
DEXCOM, INC. $22.52 1
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $22.45 1
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $18.84 1
Medtronic, Inc. $18.80 1
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $16.23 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $6,479.97 100
PY2019 $5,479.07 90
PY2020 $3,407.23 102
PY2021 $1,340.14 71
PY2022 $1,286.55 77
PY2023 $1,297.33 64
PY2024 $1,226.01 59

Payment records · PY2024 (59)

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 $24.69 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125052571 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $22.88 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125052573 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.58 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422775 CMS
Amgen Inc. $125.00 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422779 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.99 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422784 CMS
Amgen Inc. $12.78 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422767 CMS
Amgen Inc. $9.79 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422771 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.49 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115422788 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $16.24 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146447027 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $14.01 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146447031 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.10 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086126446 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $8.80 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086082765 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $1.39 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086084763 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $29.25 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086113834 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $2.17 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086088423 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.32 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086107610 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.41 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086180084 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.96 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086248190 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $9.27 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086083269 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.82 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086229970 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.58 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086173922 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.50 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117999511 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.32 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117999513 CMS
CeQur Corporation $36.81 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126845372 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $22.52 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153330571 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $13.52 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425874 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $25.62 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425876 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $26.68 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425878 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $9.25 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425880 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $19.07 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425882 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $22.87 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425884 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.42 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129425886 CMS
Insulet Corporation $21.43 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116801580 CMS
Insulet Corporation $21.74 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116801578 CMS
Insulet Corporation $23.50 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116801576 CMS
Insulet Corporation $17.35 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116801574 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $23.28 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145838803 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $22.33 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145838805 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $20.78 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145838807 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.80 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119307876 CMS
Nevro Corp. $32.25 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130734783 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.84 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086781221 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.17 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097047329 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $10.88 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096828578 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.35 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097715404 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.53 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097088928 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $28.69 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096802292 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.43 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097608575 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.30 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096970132 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.35 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097317825 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $18.40 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089986459 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $13.09 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089986464 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $22.45 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113998711 CMS
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $26.89 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138738219 CMS
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $16.23 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153282213 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.77 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144610467 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.39 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144610469 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.94 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144610471 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.75 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144610473 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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