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Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER P EPLING

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1649269101
CMS profile
120190
Location
ASHLAND, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,922.10

  • Reported across 241 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$734.82

54 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: Interventional Cardiology KY All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $734.82 54

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $240.03 27
PFIZER INC. $80.27 5
Abbott Laboratories $76.57 3
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $75.98 5
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $31.41 1
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $28.63 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $27.88 1
Novo Nordisk AS $23.22 1
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $20.63 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $20.25 1
AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC $19.71 1
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $18.44 1
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.54 1
ShockWave Medical, Inc $17.08 1
HEARTFLOW, INC. $14.52 1
Acerta Pharma LLC $13.84 1
CVRx Inc. $8.82 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,341.01 66
PY2019 $2,126.40 32
PY2020 $1,050.02 9
PY2021 $471.39 27
PY2022 $574.67 29
PY2023 $623.79 24
PY2024 $734.82 54

Payment records · PY2024 (54)

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
Abbott Laboratories $22.49 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125168880 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $29.05 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125168882 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $25.03 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125168884 CMS
AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC $19.71 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154344632 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.84 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104537856 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.54 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118093712 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.25 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092487244 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $20.63 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143854673 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $8.82 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128521006 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.04 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101405803 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.59 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101405813 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $31.41 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138879333 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $14.52 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154175431 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $27.88 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141761079 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.90 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902147 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.94 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902149 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.52 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902151 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.57 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902153 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.94 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902161 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1.02 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902163 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.42 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902167 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.77 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902165 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.90 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902169 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.31 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902171 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.84 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902173 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.74 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902175 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.85 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902179 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.41 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902185 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.04 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902181 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.89 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902187 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.74 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902183 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.85 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902237 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.71 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902247 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.06 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902251 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.53 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902249 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.26 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902253 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.69 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902261 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.72 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902257 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.84 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902259 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.11 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902263 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.46 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086902267 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.22 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097736348 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.92 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131275756 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.22 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131497983 CMS
PFIZER INC. $21.47 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131948118 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.27 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130881030 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.39 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131003525 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $18.44 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114043977 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $17.08 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152998249 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $20.13 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080582521 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $21.10 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080582535 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $8.65 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080582655 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $9.65 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080583105 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.45 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080583419 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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