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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ALBERT W BUCH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1609968734
CMS profile
1092305
Location
COLUMBIANA, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,130.66

  • Reported across 60 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$782.61

43 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 $750.34 42
Education $32.27 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $15.38 1
PY2019 $51.95 1
PY2023 $280.72 15
PY2024 $782.61 43

Payment records · PY2024 (43)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192023 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 $13.15 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125151894 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.57 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103385081 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.23 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103385083 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $103.60 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104577028 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.99 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105588368 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $9.52 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105249128 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.29 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105828237 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $31.30 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104271113 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.03 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105418623 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.12 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104278627 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.62 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104478370 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.00 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101500420 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.34 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116557259 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $13.64 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115870895 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $23.76 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148045282 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.26 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136015373 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $22.12 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136016935 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.36 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136018007 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.77 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136015661 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $14.34 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145901118 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $24.10 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145901120 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $15.59 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145901122 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.74 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096832860 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.56 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096571928 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.76 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096616012 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.33 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097679371 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $10.11 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096886353 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.24 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097252452 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $10.96 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097187995 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.62 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097308727 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.19 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096713881 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.61 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097623115 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $32.27 11/06/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097791344 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $1.30 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096865184 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.51 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131091893 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.81 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131290940 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.87 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131446588 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.87 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131430510 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.20 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131771459 CMS
PFIZER INC. $20.31 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131081267 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.12 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131008609 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.08 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153744562 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $17.45 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148832993 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, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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