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NISCHITA MERLA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI: 1629272208
CMS profile: 466752
Location: UPLAND, CA

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General Payments · PY2022 · Entire year

$650.24

33 records · 0 disputed

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CMS publication 2026-06-30

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By nature of payment

PY2022 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of payment	Amount	Records
Food and Beverage	$650.24	33

By paying entity

PY2022 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entity	Amount	Records
Ardelyx, Inc.	$245.72	8
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$227.96	17
GENZYME CORPORATION	$50.92	2
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	$30.48	1
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.	$20.28	1
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	$19.55	1
RedHill Biopharma Inc.	$19.30	1
Celgene Corporation	$18.35	1
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition Inc.	$17.68	1

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NISCHITA MERLA

NPI 1629272208 · CMS profile ID 466752

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology

UPLAND, CA

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, PY2022; 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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CMS source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c

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Plain: NISCHITA MERLA, NPI 1629272208, CMS profile ID 466752. General Payments, PY2022; 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 1; records 1–33 of 33 matching records. This page contains 33 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. IndustryPayments. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629272208?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c.
APA 7: IndustryPayments. (2026). NISCHITA MERLA, NPI 1629272208, CMS profile ID 466752. General Payments, PY2022; 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 1; records 1–33 of 33 matching records. This page contains 33 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. [Filtered data set page]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629272208?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c.
Bluebook: NISCHITA MERLA, NPI 1629272208, CMS profile ID 466752, IndustryPayments, General Payments, PY2022; 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 1; records 1–33 of 33 matching records. This page contains 33 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1629272208?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h.

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Payment records · PY2022

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General Payments · PY2022 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

33 matching records · $650.24 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
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$16.96	12/30/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959704021	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$13.71	12/13/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959799163	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$32.35	12/08/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729303	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$12.83	11/23/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959887141	CMS
RedHill Biopharma Inc.	$19.30	11/19/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	902973973	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$22.04	11/16/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959964311	CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	$30.48	11/10/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	929630099	CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION	$18.76	11/03/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	938962291	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$30.76	10/31/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729301	CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	$19.55	10/14/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	927283931	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$18.28	10/12/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959979975	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$7.87	10/12/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	960027195	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$16.39	10/05/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959410589	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$11.50	09/27/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959870037	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$34.97	09/21/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729299	CMS
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.	$20.28	09/21/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	936035157	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$5.04	09/21/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959779559	CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION	$32.16	09/15/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	938962273	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$16.61	08/31/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	960034861	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$31.71	08/25/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729297	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$18.11	07/27/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959927861	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$31.22	07/22/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729295	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$32.74	06/24/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729293	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$7.16	06/22/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959669773	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$16.31	05/19/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959763419	CMS
Celgene Corporation	$18.35	05/02/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	932713843	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$25.37	04/12/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729291	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$9.15	03/30/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959805837	CMS
Ardelyx, Inc.	$26.60	03/28/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925729289	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$13.65	03/09/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959698311	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$13.08	03/09/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959790449	CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC	$9.27	02/23/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	959843569	CMS
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition Inc.	$17.68	01/28/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	902788303	CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program year	Amount	Records
PY2019	$148.15	6
PY2020	$59.83	3
PY2021	$695.10	25
PY2022	$650.24	33
PY2023	$761.55	45
PY2024	$1,075.06	44
PY2025	$1,694.21	68

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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