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

GREGORY J KATO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

NPI
1578504767
CMS profile
522028
Location
BETHESDA, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2019

$21,528.08

  • Reported across 30 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2019

$10,311.31

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

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $6,660.00 2
Travel and Lodging $2,997.21 10
Food and Beverage $654.10 9

By paying entity

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $9,319.50 13
CSL Behring $991.81 8

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11,216.77 9
PY2019 $10,311.31 21

Payment records · PY2019 (21)

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

Program year 2019 2018 Record-level detail is published for PY2019; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
CSL Behring $542.35 06/20/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884249 CMS
CSL Behring $77.00 06/20/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884251 CMS
CSL Behring $112.27 08/04/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884253 CMS
CSL Behring $165.19 08/04/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884255 CMS
CSL Behring $10.00 08/05/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884257 CMS
CSL Behring $30.00 08/05/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884259 CMS
CSL Behring $45.00 08/05/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884261 CMS
CSL Behring $10.00 08/05/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 683884265 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1,055.00 02/21/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605927 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $170.79 02/22/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605929 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $291.86 02/22/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605931 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $5,660.00 02/22/2019 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605933 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $51.86 02/22/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605935 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $135.00 02/22/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605937 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.00 02/22/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605939 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1,000.00 06/01/2019 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605941 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $157.00 07/18/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605925 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $125.00 07/18/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605943 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $297.39 07/19/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605945 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $212.63 07/19/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605947 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $134.97 07/19/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 659605949 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P01232026_01102026.csv

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