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

EZE OKEAGU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1639550544
CMS profile
1352956
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$37,983.51

  • Reported across 91 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,271.16

27 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
Travel and Lodging $1,295.87 5
Food and Beverage $975.29 22

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $1,391.76 9
BIOTRONIK INC. $380.61 2
Biosense Webster, Inc. $260.70 3
Medtronic, Inc. $156.48 10
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $58.91 2
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.70 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $974.45 15
PY2022 $2,925.99 17
PY2023 $31,811.91 32
PY2024 $2,271.16 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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

Program year 2024 202020222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $307.20 02/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423695 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $304.47 03/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423697 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $83.20 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125166582 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $383.98 03/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423693 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 03/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423699 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $177.52 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125166584 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $19.36 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125166586 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $80.00 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125166588 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $27.01 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125166590 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $134.02 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077694432 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $21.58 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077695304 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $105.10 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077694634 CMS
BIOTRONIK INC. $291.20 05/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145794738 CMS
BIOTRONIK INC. $89.41 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145794694 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $22.70 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101311621 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.29 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414142 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $10.22 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414144 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.39 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414146 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.54 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414148 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.06 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414150 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1.08 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414152 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.13 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414154 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1.86 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414160 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $31.07 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414158 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.84 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414156 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $29.86 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087340051 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $29.05 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087340067 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
2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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