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

CARLOS E BUFORD

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1568629970
CMS profile
11169784
Location
SUGAR LAND, TX

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$2,183.02

  • Reported across 56 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$936.68

26 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 $936.68 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novo Nordisk AS $208.75 6
Lilly USA, LLC $204.19 7
ABBVIE INC. $125.00 1
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $119.90 1
ABIOMED $104.22 1
Amgen Inc. $67.60 4
Abbott Laboratories $58.83 3
Antares Pharma, Inc. $17.97 1
Acerta Pharma LLC $16.01 1
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.21 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $20.00 1
PY2023 $1,226.34 29
PY2024 $936.68 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $21.46 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125129276 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.29 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125129278 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.08 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125129280 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $125.00 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106844640 CMS
ABIOMED $104.22 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142298099 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.83 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117516665 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.36 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117516667 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.87 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117516669 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.54 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117516671 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $17.97 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146498011 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.01 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105307138 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.21 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114446971 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.75 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135575472 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $110.96 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135554972 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.94 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135588769 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $22.77 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135554974 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.76 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135543367 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $2.51 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135543369 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.50 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135614339 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.95 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100451280 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $116.69 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100246373 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $7.14 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100308261 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.07 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100649107 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.42 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100618018 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $28.48 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100472265 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $119.90 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114278535 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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