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

PRAKRITI S MERCHANT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1447546775
CMS profile
3389864
Location
UNION, NJ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,035.33

  • Reported across 139 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$223.95

14 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 $223.95 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $191.55 14
PY2019 $219.50 14
PY2020 $236.97 17
PY2021 $305.14 23
PY2022 $365.81 27
PY2023 $492.41 30
PY2024 $223.95 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
ABBVIE INC. $17.09 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105024394 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.57 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105024396 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $18.75 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078376299 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.26 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135326447 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $17.81 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144175899 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.61 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141571046 CMS
Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. $6.31 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085602028 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.80 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131096982 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.28 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132106788 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.99 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151096439 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.83 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151096441 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.37 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151096443 CMS
QOL Medical, LLC $19.04 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147718973 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $13.24 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137634980 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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