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

JAMES S SIM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1578678405
CMS profile
298885
Location
BATON ROUGE, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,827.52

  • Reported across 167 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$641.71

28 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 $641.71 28

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $657.22 30
PY2019 $499.31 21
PY2020 $468.17 22
PY2021 $665.80 18
PY2022 $573.31 32
PY2023 $322.00 16
PY2024 $641.71 28

Payment records · PY2024 (28)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $18.22 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828070 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.62 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093912045 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.39 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094029784 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.89 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111708780 CMS
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.80 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091165254 CMS
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.42 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091151932 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $0.43 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086084005 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.11 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086110304 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $122.12 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086142805 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.21 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086258502 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.43 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141514221 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $15.18 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082024905 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $17.43 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089483213 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $26.93 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089483215 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $25.67 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154193090 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $16.99 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154193084 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $23.86 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154193088 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.26 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154193086 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $23.49 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139745160 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $18.40 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135042180 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.36 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135041171 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.90 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087333823 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $29.43 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087333827 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.29 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096957088 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.06 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118983156 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.61 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118983158 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.21 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118983160 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.00 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124036984 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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