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

BRENDA G KETCHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1588666143
CMS profile
253300
Location
HOT SPRINGS, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$892.95

  • Reported across 64 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$107.76

7 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $75.24 5
Education $17.86 1
Gift $14.66 1

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $44.56 3
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $19.19 1
PFIZER INC. $17.86 1
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $14.66 1
RedHill Biopharma Inc. $11.49 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $211.89 14
PY2019 $298.28 20
PY2020 $275.02 23
PY2021 $107.76 7

Payment records · PY2021 (7)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $16.69 01/05/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 795073939 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $16.55 04/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 795073943 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $11.32 08/17/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 795073947 CMS
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $14.66 03/22/2021 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 805249757 CMS
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition Inc. $19.19 03/16/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 820913673 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.86 03/09/2021 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 833270739 CMS
RedHill Biopharma Inc. $11.49 01/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 799927713 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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