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

STEVEN C ROMERO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1629049556
CMS profile
979357
Location
LA JOLLA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$21,036.56

  • Reported across 164 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$650.90

17 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 $650.90 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $84.18 5
PY2019 $3,745.79 37
PY2020 $1,518.81 20
PY2021 $1,577.13 19
PY2022 $9,325.23 27
PY2023 $4,134.52 39
PY2024 $650.90 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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
Abbott Laboratories $23.16 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125157654 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.86 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125157652 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $141.41 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125157656 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.71 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125157658 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.12 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125157660 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.72 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105897998 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.64 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092709484 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $97.17 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092709486 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $23.97 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154878258 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.70 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087263015 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.35 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087263017 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.34 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087263029 CMS
Philips North America LLC $14.10 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146889576 CMS
Philips North America LLC $13.68 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146889578 CMS
Philips North America LLC $21.28 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146889582 CMS
Philips North America LLC $123.93 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146889574 CMS
Philips North America LLC $15.76 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146889580 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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