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

OCTAVIA F BALAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1649236134
CMS profile
552385
Location
BUFFALO, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2022

$222.03

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

Latest program year · PY2022

$122.43

6 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

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $122.43 6

By paying entity

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $78.79 4
PFIZER INC. $27.12 1
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $13.69 1
PY2019 $14.36 1
PY2020 $34.95 2
PY2021 $36.60 2
PY2022 $122.43 6

Payment records · PY2022 (6)

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

Program year 2022 2018201920202021 Record-level detail is published for PY2022; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.52 03/03/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 932690897 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.50 03/31/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886713117 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $21.03 07/25/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886713123 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.60 08/01/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886713127 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.66 09/14/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886713111 CMS
PFIZER INC. $27.12 07/18/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 949204183 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2022_P01232026_01102026.csv

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