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

NORMAN L SUSSMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Hepatology

NPI
1578643813
CMS profile
162608
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2020

$157,656.80

  • Reported across 229 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2020

$11,877.42

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

PY2020 · sorted by reported total

By paying entity

PY2020 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $8,500.00 2
INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $3,364.51 12
ABBVIE INC. $12.91 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $112,436.74 149
PY2019 $33,342.64 65
PY2020 $11,877.42 15

Payment records · PY2020 (15)

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

Program year 2020 20182019 Record-level detail is published for PY2020; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $12.91 02/18/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 722148007 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4,500.00 09/10/2020 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 726630397 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4,000.00 10/15/2020 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 726630401 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1,123.99 02/05/2020 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864327 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $464.00 02/07/2020 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864331 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $123.44 02/07/2020 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864335 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $12.50 02/07/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864338 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.25 02/08/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864341 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $9.38 02/08/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864345 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4.38 02/08/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864347 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $500.00 02/21/2020 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864351 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $9.17 03/09/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864353 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $936.00 03/10/2020 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864357 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $99.86 03/10/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864359 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $75.54 03/10/2020 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 739864363 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2020_P01232026_01102026.csv

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