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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 · PY2021 · Entire year

$9,188.50

115 records · 0 disputed

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Payment records · PY2021

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General Payments · PY2021 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

115 matching records · $9,188.50 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 115.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
Zealand Pharma US, Inc. $13.5012/21/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026800227097 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4.1612/20/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026789101614 CMS
Zealand Pharma US, Inc. $22.9912/17/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026800227095 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.1412/16/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840647 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.1412/16/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840649 CMS
Amarin Pharma Inc. $15.9412/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815413755 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $39.2012/14/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622267 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $2,214.5012/14/2021 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622269 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $128.0212/14/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622271 CMS
MannKind Corporation $8.5812/09/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821059707 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.9412/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026838311479 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $49.0012/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622279 CMS
Insulet Corporation $9.7212/02/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840651 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.4311/30/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026789109605 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $16.9311/17/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622265 CMS
MannKind Corporation $19.8411/16/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821059703 CMS
Insulet Corporation $10.1711/11/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840655 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.3111/09/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815833445 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.8311/04/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026789119981 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.5711/04/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840657 CMS
MannKind Corporation $35.7311/01/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026821059699 CMS
Amarin Pharma Inc. $23.8010/27/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815155231 CMS
DEXCOM, INC. $23.7410/25/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026845281057 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.4010/22/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026810931895 CMS
Insulet Corporation $7.6110/21/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840659 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.0810/20/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026829701007 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $116.1410/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026789171869 CMS
Amarin Pharma Inc. $18.9310/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815273785 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.0010/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815732159 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.0510/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839840661 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.8010/06/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622249 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $11.1010/05/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026815722049 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $6.0109/30/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026811292526 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $26.9809/29/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026838311477 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.2509/27/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026789106995 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.5609/23/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839832659 CMS
Zealand Pharma US, Inc. $10.5309/23/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026800227093 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $14.8909/22/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026794822363 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $1,937.7509/10/2021 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622239 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $20.3009/10/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622241 CMS
Insulet Corporation $7.9909/09/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839832901 CMS
Corcept Therapeutics $25.1909/08/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026837539141 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $18.1609/03/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026827473381 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $15.8709/01/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622253 CMS
Zealand Pharma US, Inc. $4.7209/01/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026800227091 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $1,292.0008/27/2021 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026843622231 CMS
Insulet Corporation $5.8808/26/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839833575 CMS
DEXCOM, INC. $19.9208/23/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026845281055 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $11.4108/20/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026848602605 CMS
Insulet Corporation $8.3508/19/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026839832719 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
Generated from
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.