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

NITHIN KARAKALA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1639356827
CMS profile
210512
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$714.87

  • Reported across 12 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$126.39

7 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 $100.92 1
Education $25.47 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Relypsa, Inc. $100.92 1
Retrophin, Inc. $25.47 6

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $50.29 1
PY2020 $382.04 1
PY2022 $142.55 2
PY2023 $13.60 1
PY2024 $126.39 7

Payment records · PY2024 (7)

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

Program year 2024 2018202020222023 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
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $2.38 05/14/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959256 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $0.37 05/14/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959281 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $2.38 06/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959262 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.89 07/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959274 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $0.37 08/06/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959250 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $3.08 10/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149959268 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $100.92 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124059274 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, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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