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

AKASH GHAI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1588690440
CMS profile
298479
Location
DALLAS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,622.08

  • Reported across 315 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$440.53

22 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 $440.53 22

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $515.21 18
PY2019 $144.36 2
PY2020 $634.16 37
PY2021 $1,392.56 100
PY2022 $1,467.72 77
PY2023 $1,027.54 59
PY2024 $440.53 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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
Abbott Laboratories $24.96 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125140567 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $27.83 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125140565 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.38 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104448255 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.81 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104429257 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.74 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101638243 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.70 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101638251 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $19.80 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152378121 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $13.69 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152378123 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $32.12 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152378119 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $22.02 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154885902 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.36 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141931253 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.92 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141690488 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.39 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086871847 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.44 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086871849 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.25 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097330190 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.62 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097223380 CMS
PFIZER INC. $21.50 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130981089 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.94 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131234562 CMS
Philips North America LLC $14.22 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146850023 CMS
Philips North America LLC $15.12 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146850025 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $22.82 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080556151 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.90 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080556155 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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