Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · CMS publication 2026-06-30 View official record

Covered recipient · General Payments record

MUHAMMAD WAQAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

NPI
1609060334
CMS profile
72178
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR

A name match is not confirmation of identity. CMS publishes records for different people under similar names; the NPI, specialty, and location shown on this page are the CMS-published fields that distinguish them.

Saved items

Saved only in this browser. No account or alerts.

Filter and download payment records

General Payments · PY2024 · Entire year

$1,797.36

100 records · 0 disputed

Summary and payment records

  • CMS publication 2026-06-30
Read the payment records

Other CMS categories — not shown on this page

Research Payments

CMS also publishes Research Payments as a separate dataset. This site does not currently mirror it, and no research figure is shown on this page. This provider appears in that dataset.

“If you are a physician who served as a principal investigator on a research study, you may see the payments associated with that research study listed under your name. This does not necessarily mean the payments are attributed to you. The dollar amount of the record corresponds to the total payment; the amounts are not attributed to each individual on the record.”

— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ #12224

These records are published by CMS and can be viewed on this provider’s official CMS record. View this provider on CMS Open Payments ↗

“Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.”

— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments

A reported payment reflects a financial relationship a company disclosed. It does not indicate wrongdoing or a conflict of interest, and it says nothing about the quality of a provider's care.

These records are submitted to CMS and attested to by the reporting companies. CMS publishes them as reported; this site mirrors them without independent verification.

A payment attributed to a provider may have been made to a third party — a hospital, practice, or research institution — rather than paid to the provider personally.

How these totals are calculated
  • This total is the sum of the individual General Payments record amounts CMS published for the labeled program year(s); each record amount is used unmodified. The total itself is computed by this site. 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.
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

Provider summaries generated . CMS updates this data on an annual cycle, and corrections or successful disputes made at CMS may not yet appear here. The official CMS record is authoritative for the current state. View the official CMS record ↗

By nature of payment

PY2024 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,777.14 99
Education $20.22 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 100 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Use the CSV download for all matching records.

IndustryPayments · General Payments

MUHAMMAD WAQAS

NPI 1609060334 · CMS profile ID 72178

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / Internal Medicine / Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

LITTLE ROCK, AR

A name match is not confirmation of identity. CMS publishes records for different people under similar names; the NPI, specialty, and location shown on this page are the CMS-published fields that distinguish them.

A payment attributed to a provider may have been made to a third party — a hospital, practice, or research institution — rather than paid to the provider personally.

General Payments, PY2024; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types

Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00

Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 100 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export.

Filtered page: https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1609060334?year=2024&recipient=provider#records-h

CMS source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/e6b17c6a-2534-4207-a4a1-6746a14911ff

Cite these filtered records

The citation includes this program year, filters, data edition, and page of results.

Plain
MUHAMMAD WAQAS, NPI 1609060334, CMS profile ID 72178. General Payments, PY2024; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 100 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. IndustryPayments. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1609060334?year=2024&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/e6b17c6a-2534-4207-a4a1-6746a14911ff.
APA 7
IndustryPayments. (2026). MUHAMMAD WAQAS, NPI 1609060334, CMS profile ID 72178. General Payments, PY2024; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 100 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. [Filtered data set page]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1609060334?year=2024&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/e6b17c6a-2534-4207-a4a1-6746a14911ff.
Bluebook
MUHAMMAD WAQAS, NPI 1609060334, CMS profile ID 72178, IndustryPayments, General Payments, PY2024; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types (Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00). Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 100 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/e6b17c6a-2534-4207-a4a1-6746a14911ff. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1609060334?year=2024&recipient=provider#records-h.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments

Citation formats are provided for reference; check the requirements of your publication.

Payment records · PY2024

Ordering applied by this site (date, newest first, then paying entity) · record values are shown as CMS published them

General Payments · PY2024 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

100 matching records · $1,797.36 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

Records imported here (UTC).

Link to these filtered records · CMS source dataset ↗

Download all 100 matching records (CSV)

CSV includes CMS record IDs, source and publication dates, the data edition, and a link to these filters. Formula-like text cells are prefixed with an apostrophe for spreadsheet safety.

Showing records 1–50 of 100.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.9012/09/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402900 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $25.4212/05/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864163 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.7012/05/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402902 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $14.4112/03/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149446444 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.2012/02/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141748557 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.8111/27/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1125147844 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.7911/20/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141884147 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $5.4711/20/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402896 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $26.1011/06/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1140962168 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $26.1011/06/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/2026 1212046540 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. $18.3911/06/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1077572562 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.6010/30/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1104279459 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.3810/30/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402888 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $124.9910/30/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149460072 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $8.0510/28/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402884 CMS
ABIOMED $19.7010/23/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1142202617 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.8810/23/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1101299277 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.2210/22/2024 Education No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: NEW
06/30/2026 1156083277 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $11.2810/21/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864041 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.7710/16/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141748445 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $14.7210/11/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078863987 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $9.5110/10/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1086091033 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $13.6810/08/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149447082 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $3.8610/02/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402880 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $9.6209/24/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1140962166 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $14.3809/19/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864057 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.3009/19/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141748555 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.6809/19/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402878 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $26.5609/18/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141748459 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.4909/12/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1086146139 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.6209/10/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1125147846 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $17.7309/10/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1154049433 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.6509/09/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402876 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $5.6309/04/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402874 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.2109/03/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141937309 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $27.2008/29/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864021 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $19.3608/27/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149446966 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $19.5908/20/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149446436 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.9108/15/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1086129508 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $10.8308/13/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141748577 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $7.7508/05/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864087 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $28.4807/31/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078863981 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.5107/30/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1105645110 CMS
ABIOMED $23.1307/25/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1142202597 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $5.8907/23/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864039 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $31.6507/23/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1141786974 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $15.1307/09/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1149446116 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $31.9207/08/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1078864011 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.4407/03/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1105334084 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $2.5907/02/2024 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026 1087402864 CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $47,513.09 169
PY2020 $16,997.80 117
PY2021 $11,312.18 136
PY2022 $21,432.88 101
PY2023 $1,713.03 88
PY2024 $1,797.36 100
PY2025 $1,643.35 90

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files and profile matching
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

One page per canonical provider; split Profile_IDs are merged via Associated_Covered_Recipient_Profile_ID_1/_2 from the Covered Recipient Profile Supplement.

Corrections to the substance of a record route to CMS through its review-and-dispute process; errors in how this site mirrors or displays a record route to us. Both paths are described in Methodology & Data.