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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

CHENG CHU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1578824058
CMS profile
1382876
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,698.59

  • Reported across 334 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,273.93

58 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.

Related groups: Nephrology LA All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,183.51 52
Education $90.42 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $319.31 17
Retrophin, Inc. $175.72 5
Acerta Pharma LLC $148.39 4
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $90.42 6
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $82.51 4
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $79.63 3
Amgen Inc. $76.18 4
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $57.89 3
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $57.01 2
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $56.81 3
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $32.88 2
Relypsa, Inc. $23.78 1
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.90 1
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $19.98 1
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.39 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.13 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $620.97 30
PY2019 $717.02 31
PY2020 $398.86 24
PY2021 $1,929.81 54
PY2022 $1,259.82 65
PY2023 $1,498.18 72
PY2024 $1,273.93 58

Payment records · PY2024 (58)

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 $29.69 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824889 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $29.68 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824891 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $20.26 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145829368 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.90 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094051422 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.92 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117224320 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.46 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117224322 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.22 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111550170 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.58 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117224324 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.87 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105462580 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $98.00 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105464145 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.47 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104486756 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.05 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105845183 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.39 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086262666 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.96 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118067239 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.40 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118067241 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.45 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118067243 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.08 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141510168 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $19.94 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141518085 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $17.87 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141519701 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $19.98 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089409254 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $16.45 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209904 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $19.38 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209912 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.14 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209918 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.14 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209920 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.63 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209924 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $23.56 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209896 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $3.33 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209902 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $19.94 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209914 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.97 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209894 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $23.86 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209898 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.20 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209922 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $20.92 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209916 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.68 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209910 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $2.35 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209900 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.58 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209906 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $18.48 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209908 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.70 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209926 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.13 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116133199 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $32.03 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145058150 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $17.22 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145058154 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $17.18 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145058158 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $16.08 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145058162 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.84 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780751 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.04 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780765 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $14.62 01/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843592 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $14.75 05/08/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843594 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $16.20 07/30/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843596 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $17.13 08/09/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843598 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $13.90 11/05/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843600 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $13.82 12/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843602 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.23 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118876230 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.78 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118876232 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $125.00 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149929365 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $15.02 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149929358 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.50 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149929361 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $8.90 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149929350 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $10.30 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149929354 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $23.78 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124059705 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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