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

GENE D FORRESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1558345116
CMS profile
70316
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,630.39

  • Reported across 85 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$395.32

15 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 $330.78 13
Education $64.54 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $286.07 20
PY2019 $286.24 20
PY2020 $185.22 9
PY2021 $282.04 13
PY2022 $140.98 6
PY2023 $54.52 2
PY2024 $395.32 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $28.76 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105509158 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.56 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086269646 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $23.80 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529163 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $29.20 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145072287 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $30.64 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145072291 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $31.50 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145072295 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $31.33 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145072299 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.61 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086927419 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.33 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086927425 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.11 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086927431 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.86 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086927433 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $32.27 03/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097483993 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $32.27 03/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097807026 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $28.03 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097753707 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $30.05 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124054282 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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