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

JOHN CARAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

NPI
1639157837
CMS profile
345985
Location
WICHITA FALLS, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$6,625.97

  • Reported across 179 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$497.37

25 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $497.37 25

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,195.83 48
PY2019 $4,088.30 59
PY2020 $844.47 47
PY2021 $497.37 25

Payment records · PY2021 (25)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $20.03 02/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 818414033 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.44 04/14/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815467761 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.74 05/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815486125 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.07 04/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 763557926 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $12.58 01/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 838259675 CMS
Horizon Therapeutics plc $11.04 01/11/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 797090439 CMS
Horizon Therapeutics plc $11.59 05/04/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 797090443 CMS
IBSA Pharma Inc. $18.13 07/15/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 792502221 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.96 01/25/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 819132495 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.81 02/09/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 819156433 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.41 01/21/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095001 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.29 02/24/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095003 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.48 04/05/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095005 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.72 04/27/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095007 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.19 05/03/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095009 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $25.32 06/01/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095011 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $87.64 07/01/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095013 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.92 07/14/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095015 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.01 08/02/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095017 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.82 08/10/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836095019 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.07 03/15/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 843401029 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $25.67 04/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 843401043 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $19.39 05/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 843401059 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $18.73 08/17/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 843401089 CMS
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $17.32 07/13/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848961583 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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