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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

ALBERTO B ESQUENAZI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1649239930
CMS profile
29513
Location
SOUTH MIAMI, FL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,787.86

  • Reported across 265 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,705.14

71 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.

Related groups: Nephrology FL All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,666.29 68
Education $38.85 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $232.93 10
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $208.07 8
Retrophin, Inc. $158.98 6
Acerta Pharma LLC $148.22 7
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $145.40 8
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $143.37 5
Ardelyx, Inc. $107.26 5
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $87.49 3
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $80.78 3
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $68.48 3
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $51.48 2
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $46.39 2
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $42.99 2
ABBVIE INC. $38.97 1
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $29.22 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $28.60 1
Lilly USA, LLC $26.99 1
CorMedix Inc. $25.50 1
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.00 1
Novo Nordisk AS $14.02 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $718.31 42
PY2019 $869.59 38
PY2020 $383.57 19
PY2021 $272.54 13
PY2022 $566.43 26
PY2023 $1,272.28 56
PY2024 $1,705.14 71

Payment records · PY2024 (71)

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
ABBVIE INC. $38.97 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103699734 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $21.78 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828240 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 08/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145832937 CMS
Amgen Inc. $28.48 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571281 CMS
Amgen Inc. $27.51 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117247239 CMS
Amgen Inc. $33.76 03/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571283 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.37 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117247241 CMS
Amgen Inc. $29.10 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571285 CMS
Amgen Inc. $32.16 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571289 CMS
Amgen Inc. $1.81 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571291 CMS
Amgen Inc. $9.40 09/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571287 CMS
Amgen Inc. $32.39 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111571293 CMS
Amgen Inc. $19.95 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117247243 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.00 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146679687 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.87 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146679689 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $21.29 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146679691 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $25.00 09/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146679693 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.10 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146679695 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.51 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105709216 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.52 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104201813 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.37 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105719386 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.01 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104272105 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.93 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105498892 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.32 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104237029 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.56 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105379138 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $23.00 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679813 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $29.03 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679815 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $27.44 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679817 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $4.84 04/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679819 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $28.08 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679821 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $1.37 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679823 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $27.16 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679825 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $4.48 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679827 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $28.60 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120586638 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.12 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086223842 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.87 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086194380 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $32.70 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093350 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.11 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093344 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $34.93 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093352 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.57 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093348 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $27.06 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093346 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $5.20 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141507750 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.55 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141507752 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $124.97 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141514357 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $22.06 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141516311 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.91 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141522843 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $1.78 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526326 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $7.65 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529473 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $3.95 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529475 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $25.50 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082026273 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $29.22 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089419794 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.39 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210246 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $31.64 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210250 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $19.45 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210248 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $26.99 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136019446 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $32.68 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145069257 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $27.31 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145069261 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $27.50 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145069265 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.72 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086931191 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.68 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086931195 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.38 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086931199 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.02 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097033261 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.00 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844422 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.59 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118890106 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $28.89 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118890108 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $25.24 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918554 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $10.22 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918550 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $30.25 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918558 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $32.73 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918569 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $30.27 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918562 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $30.27 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149918565 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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