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

CHAO HUNG KAO

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner

NPI
1629303698
CMS profile
11012471
Location
LA PALMA, CA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$4,834.14

  • Reported across 253 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,265.38

49 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 $1,247.69 48
Education $17.69 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $922.02 34
PY2022 $1,004.91 84
PY2023 $1,641.83 86
PY2024 $1,265.38 49

Payment records · PY2024 (49)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $24.01 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107436797 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.32 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107436799 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.60 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107436801 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.95 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107436803 CMS
AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC. $16.33 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146991236 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.40 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786768 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.10 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117593685 CMS
Amgen Inc. $7.13 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117593687 CMS
Amgen Inc. $12.25 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117593689 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.56 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786792 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.62 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786800 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.87 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786776 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.21 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786751 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.69 11/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786784 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.57 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786759 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $125.00 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146732536 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.26 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105498822 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.17 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086328753 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.05 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086317510 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.89 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118086516 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $129.65 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139916923 CMS
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC $16.44 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146760381 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.65 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081712780 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.28 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135556168 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.30 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135621173 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $28.27 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135582544 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.97 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135544465 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.13 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135594726 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $106.03 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141586624 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.15 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141586626 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.36 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086996382 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.74 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086996386 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.37 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086996392 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.18 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086996396 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.83 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100608520 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.94 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100541088 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.80 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100529559 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.58 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100347346 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.64 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131271092 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.66 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131648653 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $26.26 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151178874 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $19.62 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1090010920 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $19.62 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1090010925 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $21.26 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1090010928 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $20.47 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1090010932 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $114.99 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114323798 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.03 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153578241 CMS
SANOFI PASTEUR INC. $20.56 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128752759 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.62 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144622690 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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