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

JOHN FERGUSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1609818871
CMS profile
836037
Location
TUSCALOOSA, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,865.14

  • Reported across 57 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$358.40

14 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 $358.40 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $133.74 7
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $104.00 1
Lundbeck LLC $75.51 4
ABBVIE INC. $28.53 1
Alkermes, Inc. $16.62 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $130.04 9
PY2019 $6,900.40 9
PY2020 $25.40 1
PY2021 $62.28 4
PY2022 $205.11 11
PY2023 $183.51 9
PY2024 $358.40 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
ABBVIE INC. $28.53 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103721490 CMS
Alkermes, Inc. $16.62 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120498088 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.66 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908437 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.55 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908479 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.38 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908567 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $25.43 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908471 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.46 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908513 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.81 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908667 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.45 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077908671 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $18.70 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145915215 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $18.70 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145915217 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $17.01 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145915219 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $21.10 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145915221 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $104.00 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118892266 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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