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Covered recipient · General Payments record

FREEMU K VARGHESE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1467438614
CMS profile
247592
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$41,191.57

  • Reported across 495 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,816.69

54 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
Consulting Fee $4,602.24 1
Food and Beverage $1,350.40 51
Travel and Lodging $764.06 1
Education $99.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,551.70 66
PY2019 $3,685.59 83
PY2020 $3,420.09 61
PY2021 $10,459.55 82
PY2022 $11,711.74 78
PY2023 $2,546.21 71
PY2024 $6,816.69 54

Payment records · PY2024 (54)

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
Amgen Inc. $124.40 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117405570 CMS
Amgen Inc. $10.86 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117405572 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.34 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117405574 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $28.00 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146712497 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.31 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104501872 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.60 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105674881 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $24.67 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104222415 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.14 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105633392 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.18 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086256624 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.04 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086174190 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.97 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086201948 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.91 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086263576 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $20.81 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117764985 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $17.90 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117764989 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $20.36 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117764999 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $17.44 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765009 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $20.93 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765011 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $13.78 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765021 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $17.43 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765033 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $22.53 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765039 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $22.33 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765041 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $19.29 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765047 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $26.09 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765057 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $15.72 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765063 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $14.53 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765069 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $20.77 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765087 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $21.34 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765121 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $27.67 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117765129 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $21.73 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134983750 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.54 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134982708 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $25.17 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148805 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $30.76 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148809 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $27.14 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148813 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $25.00 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148818 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $22.81 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148822 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $146.45 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148826 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $99.99 11/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148830 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $23.47 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145148835 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.89 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087430558 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.57 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087430568 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.03 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087430570 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.42 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096893575 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.70 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096659894 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $13.94 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112850666 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $16.44 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112850668 CMS
SOBI, INC $764.06 10/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141426637 CMS
SOBI, INC $18.99 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141426697 CMS
SOBI, INC $19.00 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141426761 CMS
SOBI, INC $69.99 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141426765 CMS
SOBI, INC $5.56 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141426769 CMS
SOBI, INC $4,602.24 12/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141427839 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $14.15 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149935036 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.02 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144595046 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.29 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144595048 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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