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

MEI CHEN

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

NPI
1548588189
CMS profile
10551443
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$3,058.45

  • Reported across 145 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,003.79

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 $1,003.79 46

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $571.87 34
PY2022 $399.81 18
PY2023 $1,082.98 47
PY2024 $1,003.79 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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 $30.04 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142295105 CMS
ABIOMED $16.25 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142295103 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $32.92 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078917645 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.78 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117222481 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.40 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105544157 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.21 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105358019 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.32 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104337046 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.55 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104307078 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.06 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134016181 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.19 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134016183 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.21 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134016185 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $81.18 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086275884 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.09 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118054415 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.99 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118054417 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.53 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129463940 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.27 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129463942 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $19.02 11/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129463944 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.93 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715784 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4.94 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081710925 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.94 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715776 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $0.23 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081710923 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $11.32 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715772 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $5.38 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715770 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $119.73 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715786 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.92 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715774 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.90 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715782 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.14 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715780 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.53 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081715778 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.44 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141680339 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.51 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141680341 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $28.37 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141680335 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.45 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141680337 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.17 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141863189 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.17 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141928795 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.83 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141863111 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.24 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141928793 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.67 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086655641 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.86 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100490743 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.85 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100533949 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.79 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100474764 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.32 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100356980 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.37 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100651725 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $38.01 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114283933 CMS
Tactile Systems Technology Inc $15.74 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082369171 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $18.84 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660953 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $18.19 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660955 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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