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

JOHN NICHOLS

NPI
1548248529
CMS profile
296459
Location
GREENVILLE, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$11,460.36

  • Reported across 109 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$443.93

14 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 $443.93 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
EMD Serono, Inc. $305.49 8
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $81.42 3
CooperSurgical, Inc. $57.02 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,896.62 27
PY2019 $6,060.84 29
PY2020 $206.42 12
PY2021 $389.79 11
PY2022 $177.59 7
PY2023 $285.17 9
PY2024 $443.93 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
CooperSurgical, Inc. $19.77 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150801506 CMS
CooperSurgical, Inc. $20.08 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150801508 CMS
CooperSurgical, Inc. $17.17 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150801526 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $13.18 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120223311 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $123.25 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120223289 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $18.62 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120224115 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $12.33 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120274810 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $17.34 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120264715 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $64.14 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120264931 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $37.28 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120273796 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $19.35 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120276066 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.15 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137498931 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $32.96 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137498936 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $26.31 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137498940 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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