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

ERIC L PAULSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine

NPI
1508863341
CMS profile
250088
Location
RED OAK, IA

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$2,279.05

  • Reported across 186 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$186.36

12 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $186.36 12

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $57.18 4
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $37.84 3
Radius Health, Inc. $20.59 1
ABBVIE INC. $19.84 1
Amarin Pharma Inc. $18.83 1
Astellas Pharma US Inc $18.62 1
Amgen Inc. $13.46 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $753.98 65
PY2019 $1,171.94 97
PY2020 $166.77 12
PY2021 $186.36 12

Payment records · PY2021 (12)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $19.84 04/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 795570335 CMS
Amarin Pharma Inc. $18.83 06/01/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815155113 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.46 07/27/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 825302127 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $18.62 03/31/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 821488583 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $11.84 05/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 783528225 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $12.53 05/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 783528227 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.47 06/16/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 783528235 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $14.22 04/14/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848636843 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12.01 06/23/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848554151 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $16.29 07/28/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848577147 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $14.66 10/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848499273 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $20.59 04/21/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 830718309 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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