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

KAZIM AYKENT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1568856482
CMS profile
4994758
Location
FLORENCE, SC

This page merges CMS profile IDs 11304011, 4994758 — associated profiles published by CMS for the same covered recipient. See the colophon below.

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$4,633.53

  • Reported across 74 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$769.89

21 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 $769.89 21

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $382.12 5
PY2022 $1,488.96 21
PY2023 $1,992.56 27
PY2024 $769.89 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
Amgen Inc. $16.91 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111521231 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.42 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111521233 CMS
AngioDynamics, Inc. $28.00 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095066209 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.46 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104497800 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.51 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104522758 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.81 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105292950 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.02 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105692663 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $146.49 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092381316 CMS
CORDIS US CORP. $16.57 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145403580 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.87 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101311049 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $100.82 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140059366 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $44.60 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140059368 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $145.78 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140059370 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.50 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141753598 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.97 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086777491 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.18 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096975157 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.60 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096570266 CMS
PFIZER INC. $26.57 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131545840 CMS
PFIZER INC. $23.74 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131500318 CMS
PFIZER INC. $24.53 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131512567 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $26.54 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080640504 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
Merged CMS profile IDs
11304011, 4994758

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