Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

EDWARD J RHEE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1649272576
CMS profile
256456
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$643.14

  • Reported across 21 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$317.72

10 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $317.72 10

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $268.84 8
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc $28.46 1
CorMedix Inc. $20.42 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $51.24 2
PY2020 $104.64 2
PY2022 $51.70 2
PY2023 $67.83 3
PY2024 $50.01 2
PY2025 $317.72 10

Payment records · PY2025 (10)

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

Program year 2025 20192020202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc $28.46 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237052900 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $20.42 07/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237030273 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.52 01/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547060 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.09 03/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547070 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $33.19 05/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547072 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.90 07/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547078 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $37.43 08/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547080 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $31.75 08/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547084 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $32.55 09/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200547086 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.41 12/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200457687 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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