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Covered recipient · General Payments record

WILLIAM CLIFF KITCHENS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1609815729
CMS profile
117714
Location
AUGUSTA, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$10,883.01

  • Reported across 230 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$986.55

37 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 $986.55 37

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,325.35 41
PY2019 $1,427.66 39
PY2020 $420.07 12
PY2021 $1,456.73 22
PY2022 $1,077.31 31
PY2023 $2,189.34 48
PY2024 $986.55 37

Payment records · PY2024 (37)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.80 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105597037 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $212.35 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132832156 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $14.18 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132847663 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $19.92 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120627387 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $29.90 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118078734 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $27.51 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118078730 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.37 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118078732 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.42 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118078728 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $24.81 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089443147 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $23.08 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089443149 CMS
Eisai Inc. $17.65 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110789015 CMS
Eisai Inc. $22.24 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110789017 CMS
Exelixis Inc. $21.75 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138567365 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $23.07 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133133355 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $26.45 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133133359 CMS
Incyte Corporation $17.19 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141289668 CMS
Incyte Corporation $16.75 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141180782 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $20.58 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078528493 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.53 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077989000 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.90 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077988866 CMS
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $17.87 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150222988 CMS
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $18.15 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150222986 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $17.89 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249254 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $20.28 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249256 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $32.22 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135514918 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.90 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141623963 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.63 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141843263 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.51 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141623965 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.19 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131284914 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.75 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131360378 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.75 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131390104 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $31.02 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132280534 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $42.68 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132296289 CMS
SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC $17.58 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147264584 CMS
SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC $17.79 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147264582 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $27.20 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144960908 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $24.69 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144960910 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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