RALPH NORMAN MCDONALD
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Cardiovascular Disease HICKORY, NC NPI 1609839901
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General Payments — all program years on this page
$7,586.59
- Category: General Payments
- Program years: PY2018–2024
- Record count: 395
- As of (CMS publication): 2026-01-23
Latest program year (PY2024): $981.80 across 42 records · disputed records: 0
Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.
How this figure is 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
Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $981.80 | 42 |
By paying entity
Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| ABIOMED | $289.90 | 10 |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $142.77 | 1 |
| Amgen Inc. | $110.97 | 7 |
| NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION | $74.05 | 3 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $66.39 | 4 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $59.06 | 3 |
| PFIZER INC. | $38.66 | 2 |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $33.73 | 2 |
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $29.68 | 2 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | $25.71 | 1 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc | $21.98 | 1 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $19.24 | 1 |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | $14.50 | 1 |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $14.49 | 1 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | $13.96 | 1 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | $13.58 | 1 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $13.13 | 1 |
By program year
Records — PY2024 (42)
Provenance & corrections
- Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
- Source: CMS Open Payments dataset (bulk file)
- Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv
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