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

GHASSAN ALKOUTAMI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1508867516
CMS profile
295134
Location
HICKORY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$10,927.02

  • Reported across 585 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,289.90

46 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 $1,289.90 46

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,692.51 115
PY2019 $2,069.17 123
PY2020 $608.77 37
PY2021 $1,570.83 75
PY2022 $1,707.85 95
PY2023 $1,987.99 94
PY2024 $1,289.90 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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
ABIOMED $109.62 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142220882 CMS
ABIOMED $21.98 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142220804 CMS
ABIOMED $13.98 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142220898 CMS
ABIOMED $19.83 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142220926 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $25.71 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078897619 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $23.44 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078897625 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $97.78 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078897635 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $15.88 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078897639 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.98 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111514387 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.66 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111514389 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.57 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111514391 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.66 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111514393 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.14 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111514395 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.84 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104494104 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $19.84 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132902562 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $13.74 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132896824 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.63 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118038874 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.50 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374149 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $34.68 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374153 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.58 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374145 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.88 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374151 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.79 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092374147 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $14.00 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126033940 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $22.99 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126033942 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.73 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101487413 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.49 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078077560 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $20.65 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154876558 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.64 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081694769 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.63 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081694771 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.81 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081694773 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.50 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141718606 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.47 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086696281 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.18 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086696297 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.28 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086696299 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.01 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086696303 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.08 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086696307 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.47 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096699002 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.14 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131426071 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.93 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131098252 CMS
Philips North America LLC $32.91 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146908681 CMS
Philips North America LLC $31.96 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146908683 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $22.42 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132272455 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $27.03 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132291455 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $128.07 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153004387 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $142.77 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152975430 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $10.03 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080608836 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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