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

RAM C SHARMA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1447212964
CMS profile
201663
Location
SMYRNA, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$19,490.36

  • Reported across 346 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$798.46

25 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 $762.46 24
Education $36.00 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,334.42 68
PY2019 $2,985.25 77
PY2020 $5,855.48 50
PY2021 $5,301.74 41
PY2022 $1,249.47 44
PY2023 $965.54 41
PY2024 $798.46 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $27.09 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078914839 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $15.53 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078914841 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $28.87 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078914837 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $20.19 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078914821 CMS
Amgen Inc. $117.99 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116112612 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.86 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116112618 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $94.32 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104772352 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.95 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105528044 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $36.00 02/08/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105496743 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.62 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105605715 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.03 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105584368 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.83 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104697676 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.49 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104246665 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $17.34 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138867607 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $15.35 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138867615 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.93 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081727149 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $27.51 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081727151 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $31.53 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141687589 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $116.55 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141687587 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.52 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087199951 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $29.02 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087199973 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $15.59 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139646752 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $20.14 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132244393 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $19.18 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152991641 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $10.03 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080683916 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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