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

KENNETH J HOWARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1447311238
CMS profile
291990
Location
CALHOUN, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,286.61

  • Reported across 226 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$204.40

11 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 $204.40 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Exact Sciences Corporation $49.95 2
ABBVIE INC. $45.29 3
Novo Nordisk AS $36.22 2
PFIZER INC. $35.23 2
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $24.45 1
Abbott Laboratories $13.26 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $774.95 51
PY2019 $743.78 41
PY2020 $322.44 14
PY2021 $172.56 9
PY2022 $1,001.78 51
PY2023 $1,066.70 49
PY2024 $204.40 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

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 $13.26 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125070183 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.43 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103943509 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.84 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103943511 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.02 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103943513 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $24.55 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114708536 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $25.40 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114708542 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $24.45 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148060839 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.97 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096632405 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.25 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097389940 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.66 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131522742 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.57 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131526653 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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