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ERICA E HIGHTOWER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

NPI: 1629198726
CMS profile: 164812
Location: HOUSTON, TX

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General Payments · PY2023 · Entire year

$3,836.99

206 records · 0 disputed

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CMS publication 2026-06-30

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By nature of payment

PY2023 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of payment	Amount	Records
Food and Beverage	$3,651.35	199
Gift	$118.80	2
Education	$66.84	5

By paying entity

PY2023 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entity	Amount	Records
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$546.59	11
Insulet Corporation	$355.38	42
MannKind Corporation	$340.09	20
Dexcom, Inc.	$318.65	7
Lilly USA, LLC	$272.64	13
Intuity Medical Inc	$214.92	17
BETA BIONICS, INC.	$205.45	7
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$198.89	9
Novo Nordisk Inc	$181.49	13
Amgen Inc.	$177.00	14
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$166.73	9
Amarin Pharma Inc.	$119.71	5
Shield Therapeutics Inc	$75.83	4
Radius Health, Inc.	$74.16	3
Tolmar, Inc.	$64.01	4
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$60.52	3
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd	$58.42	3
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	$55.56	3
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$50.97	3
Horizon Therapeutics plc	$44.56	2
ABBVIE INC.	$35.46	2
RECORDATI_RARE_DISEASES_INC.	$26.08	2
Nevro Corp.	$24.45	1
Averitas Pharma Inc.	$21.55	1
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$21.35	1
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$20.19	1
Abbott Laboratories	$19.32	1
Corcept Therapeutics	$19.14	1
IBSA Pharma Inc.	$18.87	1
CeQur Corporation	$18.61	1
Antares Pharma, Inc.	$17.45	1
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$12.95	1

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ERICA E HIGHTOWER

NPI 1629198726 · CMS profile ID 164812

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / Internal Medicine / Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

HOUSTON, TX

A payment attributed to a provider may have been made to a third party — a hospital, practice, or research institution — rather than paid to the provider personally.

General Payments, PY2023; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types

Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00

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Plain: ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726, CMS profile ID 164812. General Payments, PY2023; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 5; records 1–50 of 206 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. IndustryPayments. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726?year=2023&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9.
APA 7: IndustryPayments. (2026). ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726, CMS profile ID 164812. General Payments, PY2023; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 5; records 1–50 of 206 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. [Filtered data set page]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726?year=2023&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9.
Bluebook: ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726, CMS profile ID 164812, IndustryPayments, General Payments, PY2023; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types (Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00). Page 1 of 5; records 1–50 of 206 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/fb3a65aa-c901-4a38-a813-b04b00dfa2a9. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726?year=2023&recipient=provider#records-h.

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General Payments · PY2023 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

206 matching records · $3,836.99 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

Records imported here November 5, 2026 (UTC).

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Paying entity	Amount	Date	Nature of payment	Dispute status	Publication flags	Published	Record ID	Source
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$20.96	12/23/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1054499509	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$11.07	12/21/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159141	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$8.94	12/15/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016966333	CMS
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd	$16.65	12/14/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1051607469	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$10.15	12/14/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159137	CMS
MannKind Corporation	$23.96	12/14/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056269319	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$6.40	12/13/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1031391191	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$9.81	12/11/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159135	CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$19.98	12/08/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997079835	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$7.52	12/08/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016965039	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$10.92	12/07/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159131	CMS
BETA BIONICS, INC.	$18.59	12/06/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1060384721	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$8.07	12/01/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016966335	CMS
Tolmar, Inc.	$18.33	12/01/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056951415	CMS
BETA BIONICS, INC.	$21.70	11/30/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1060384719	CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	$17.64	11/30/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1062017265	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$18.35	11/30/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159129	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$12.47	11/28/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1000785689	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$12.23	11/21/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159125	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$6.86	11/17/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016965041	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$14.57	11/16/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159123	CMS
Amgen Inc.	$16.30	11/14/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1019905355	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$7.81	11/10/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016966337	CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$24.09	11/10/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056458447	CMS
ABBVIE INC.	$15.64	11/09/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997478105	CMS
Dexcom, Inc.	$107.82	11/09/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1054955949	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$15.50	11/09/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159119	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$0.36	11/08/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1031391207	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$12.99	11/07/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159117	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$13.81	11/07/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1031391203	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$8.22	11/03/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016965043	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$10.05	11/02/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159111	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$12.29	11/02/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159113	CMS
Amgen Inc.	$11.15	11/01/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1019905339	CMS
MannKind Corporation	$9.52	10/31/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056269313	CMS
Corcept Therapeutics	$19.14	10/27/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1050839983	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$8.02	10/27/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016965045	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$10.75	10/26/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159107	CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$19.28	10/25/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1050076201	CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$19.28	10/25/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1061215481	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$7.38	10/20/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016966341	CMS
Intuity Medical Inc	$8.98	10/19/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997159105	CMS
Radius Health, Inc.	$27.19	10/19/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1024691305	CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$22.54	10/18/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	997000707	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$7.47	10/13/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016966343	CMS
Shield Therapeutics Inc	$13.45	10/12/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1045832883	CMS
Insulet Corporation	$7.80	10/06/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1016965047	CMS
MannKind Corporation	$9.99	10/05/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056269307	CMS
Tolmar, Inc.	$16.34	10/05/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1056957262	CMS
Amgen Inc.	$11.31	10/04/2023	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	1019905337	CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program year	Amount	Records
PY2019	$8,232.66	165
PY2020	$3,880.47	63
PY2021	$9,188.50	115
PY2022	$1,661.51	88
PY2023	$3,836.99	206
PY2024	$5,000.32	171
PY2025	$2,605.50	122

Source & provenance

Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date: 2026-06-30
Program years on this page: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Source files and profile matching

Source files: Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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