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

MERIN M VARGHESE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1518216357
CMS profile
204983
Location
DALLAS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,232.29

  • Reported across 163 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$583.55

27 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 $583.55 27

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $394.19 23
PY2019 $120.97 8
PY2020 $150.12 9
PY2021 $587.00 28
PY2022 $760.90 36
PY2023 $635.56 32
PY2024 $583.55 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.25 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093895194 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $29.65 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094005762 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.44 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093891492 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.79 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093914753 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.77 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118040646 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.77 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118040648 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.36 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118040650 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.36 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118040652 CMS
CSL Behring $29.56 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134663497 CMS
CSL Behring $30.80 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134663505 CMS
CSL Behring $32.50 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134663513 CMS
CSL Behring $23.79 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134663527 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $29.73 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101223693 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $27.03 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101223695 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $28.95 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137497807 CMS
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC $17.53 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140481372 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.86 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141568886 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.45 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141568772 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.25 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141568884 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.81 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141568774 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.20 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141909570 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.87 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113911497 CMS
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.24 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113911499 CMS
PFIZER INC. $27.13 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131203842 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.40 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153729341 CMS
Shionogi Inc $17.99 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154332366 CMS
Shionogi Inc $21.07 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154332396 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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