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

CARY E FECHTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

NPI
1649235714
CMS profile
609282
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2020

$77.25

  • Reported across 5 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2020

$77.25

5 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

PY2020 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $77.25 5

By paying entity

PY2020 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $34.12 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $19.91 1
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $12.04 1
Novo Nordisk AS $11.18 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $77.25 5

Payment records · PY2020 (5)

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

Program year 2020
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Amgen Inc. $15.50 01/22/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 740952579 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.62 02/12/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 740952575 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.91 01/23/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 735886059 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.04 02/05/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 725714027 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.18 02/11/2020 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 744613597 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2020_P01232026_01102026.csv

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