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

SAMUEL KEENER MCELWEE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

NPI
1528385879
CMS profile
1302262
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,771.53

  • Reported across 28 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,628.29

11 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
Travel and Lodging $1,096.61 4
Food and Beverage $531.68 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $1,208.43 5
ABIOMED $243.60 1
Inari Medical, Inc. $165.16 3
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $11.10 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $890.07 6
PY2019 $479.56 3
PY2022 $1,283.00 4
PY2023 $490.61 4
PY2024 $1,628.29 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

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

Program year 2024 2018201920222023 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 $243.60 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142244223 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $247.47 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092451714 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $326.44 04/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092451720 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $279.10 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092451718 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $267.38 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092451716 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $88.04 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092451712 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $38.94 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140139303 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $112.64 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140139307 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $13.58 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140139311 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $4.84 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080693246 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $6.26 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080693266 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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