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

AJAR KOCHAR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1477843233
CMS profile
405322
Location
BALTIMORE, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$21,018.26

  • Reported across 50 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$15,580.38

9 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
Honoraria $14,400.00 2
Travel and Lodging $907.48 2
Food and Beverage $272.90 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABIOMED $15,386.85 5
Philips Electronics North America Corporation $124.68 1
Abbott Laboratories $26.23 1
ShockWave Medical, Inc $24.71 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $17.91 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $757.78 11
PY2020 $23.12 1
PY2021 $54.33 3
PY2022 $164.09 4
PY2023 $4,438.56 22
PY2024 $15,580.38 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182020202120222023 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 $26.23 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125086003 CMS
ABIOMED $200.76 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142242215 CMS
ABIOMED $7,200.00 03/13/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142242217 CMS
ABIOMED $706.72 12/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142242295 CMS
ABIOMED $7,200.00 12/05/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142242301 CMS
ABIOMED $79.37 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142242317 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.91 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092338827 CMS
Philips North America LLC $124.68 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146910694 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $24.71 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152984008 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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