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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 · PY2019 · Entire year

$8,232.66

165 records · 0 disputed

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  • CMS publication 2026-06-30
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By nature of payment

PY2019 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $3,400.00 2
Food and Beverage $3,129.74 158
Travel and Lodging $1,681.76 2
Education $21.16 3

By paying entity

PY2019 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Payment records · PY2019

Ordering applied by this site (date, newest first, then paying entity) · record values are shown as CMS published them

General Payments · PY2019 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

165 matching records · $8,232.66 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 165.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
Mannkind Corporation $10.5512/31/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567965 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.5812/20/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700125389 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.3112/19/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026685585133 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $6.8412/19/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026708404567 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $13.1512/17/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026703308603 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $21.6512/16/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026695531979 CMS
Insulet Corporation $16.7812/16/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705025195 CMS
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $15.9012/14/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026677105479 CMS
ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $17.4012/13/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026697395241 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $9.4212/13/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026695877493 CMS
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $15.9912/12/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026707448353 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $21.7912/10/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567963 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.2912/05/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026674667475 CMS
Insulet Corporation $5.3412/03/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705025193 CMS
VIVUS, Inc. $15.5812/02/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694561111 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $15.9011/26/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567961 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $11.9011/19/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026703307927 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.1411/13/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694316755 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $1.5911/06/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026658721789 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $4.6811/06/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026658721793 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.2511/05/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026674667471 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $4.3511/05/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026682905825 CMS
Companion Medical, Inc. $18.2811/01/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700794291 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.3710/31/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026664407175 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.0310/31/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700042553 CMS
Amarin Pharma Inc. $21.0610/30/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026699247091 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $18.5310/25/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567959 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $117.6610/24/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026658721783 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $4.8510/24/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026658721787 CMS
Amgen Inc. $110.8710/22/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026662335273 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $5.2810/22/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694197641 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $9.9210/21/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694192729 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.0710/17/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694317509 CMS
Insulet Corporation $16.0610/15/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705025191 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $17.4910/12/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567957 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $3.6210/11/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567955 CMS
Companion Medical, Inc. $84.4510/09/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700794289 CMS
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. $124.4810/04/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026648797103 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.4010/03/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026684754487 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $15.1010/02/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026689447711 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.4809/24/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700125391 CMS
Companion Medical, Inc. $18.9409/18/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026700794287 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $9.6809/18/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026695741691 CMS
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $4.9609/17/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026707448405 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12.4409/16/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026695751465 CMS
Mannkind Corporation $21.7909/13/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705567953 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $4.6809/12/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026658721775 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $12.2009/11/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026694174453 CMS
Shire North American Group Inc $18.7709/05/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026637840793 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.8608/30/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026664401931 CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
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
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OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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Cite this record.

Plain
ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726.
APA 7
IndustryPayments. (2026). ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726
Bluebook
ERICA E HIGHTOWER, NPI 1629198726, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629198726.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.