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

RICHARD JOSEPH AXELROD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1437147923
CMS profile
291417
Location
SACRAMENTO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$11,771.36

  • Reported across 152 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,442.55

15 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 $1,442.55 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,102.65 47
PY2019 $3,149.89 38
PY2020 $661.01 12
PY2021 $712.53 13
PY2022 $1,771.12 18
PY2023 $931.61 9
PY2024 $1,442.55 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
CVRx, Inc. $2.77 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126034802 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $35.20 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126034804 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $115.11 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126034806 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $115.88 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101275013 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $167.21 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119316260 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $152.65 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119316262 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $101.93 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141913444 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $122.31 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141828848 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.97 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780989 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $103.96 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096833442 CMS
Recor Medical Inc $182.43 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127688785 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $122.74 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687252 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $105.21 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687328 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $27.66 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687352 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $68.52 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687512 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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