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

ALEXANDER KESSLER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1518949528
CMS profile
159936
Location
CANTON, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,559.35

  • Reported across 214 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$424.33

21 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 $424.33 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $595.68 41
PY2019 $620.69 37
PY2020 $408.35 25
PY2021 $449.41 24
PY2022 $498.35 31
PY2023 $562.54 35
PY2024 $424.33 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
ABBVIE INC. $18.96 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104055710 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.18 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104055712 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.44 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117295578 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $31.81 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139406895 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $42.91 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153277408 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $16.92 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114731691 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $16.03 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114731701 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.83 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137486557 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $16.71 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124730267 CMS
Insmed, Inc. $18.66 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089576928 CMS
Insmed, Inc. $17.73 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089563938 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $15.98 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249124 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $15.28 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249126 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.50 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141938625 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.34 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097303671 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.01 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130982721 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.19 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131242386 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $21.86 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153687320 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $16.12 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150121871 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $21.42 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112804507 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $20.45 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112824785 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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