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

SALMAN AKHTAR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1639168966
CMS profile
209637
Location
LAS VEGAS, NV

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,526.02

  • Reported across 70 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$458.10

15 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 $458.10 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $979.54 20
PY2019 $326.16 11
PY2020 $11.89 1
PY2021 $85.74 3
PY2022 $357.31 10
PY2023 $307.28 10
PY2024 $458.10 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Amgen Inc. $14.94 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115413756 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.61 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115413760 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.25 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115413764 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.95 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115413769 CMS
BIOTRONIK INC. $45.50 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145801503 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.13 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092686667 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $24.06 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101625683 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $23.82 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101625694 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $117.89 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154884181 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $27.98 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154884073 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.17 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086782695 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.77 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086782697 CMS
ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC. $24.49 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128586773 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $21.49 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139761192 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $22.05 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080692114 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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