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Covered recipient · General Payments record

JAMES C MERRITT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1649332420
CMS profile
256276
Location
ROME, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,090.56

  • Reported across 221 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,158.90

58 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: Cardiovascular Disease GA All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,158.90 58

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $395.62 17
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $329.21 18
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $238.93 12
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $46.50 2
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $42.87 3
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $31.98 2
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.19 1
Novo Nordisk AS $19.03 1
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.31 1
PFIZER INC. $17.26 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $309.62 17
PY2019 $380.10 23
PY2020 $470.58 32
PY2021 $533.55 27
PY2022 $547.79 27
PY2023 $690.02 37
PY2024 $1,158.90 58

Payment records · PY2024 (58)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.60 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391076 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.04 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391088 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $50.41 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391090 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $149.34 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391092 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.22 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391070 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.71 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391080 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.86 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391084 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.22 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391074 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.42 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391068 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.37 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391060 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.55 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391082 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.80 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391072 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.24 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391066 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.89 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391086 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.11 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391078 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.38 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391062 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1.46 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092391064 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $23.51 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143858595 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $22.99 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143858597 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.05 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101594949 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.11 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101594968 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.71 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101595001 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.51 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769728 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.51 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769740 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.51 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769738 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.25 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769742 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $27.65 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769746 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $30.63 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769744 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.36 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769784 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.49 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769782 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.51 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769774 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.87 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769780 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.83 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769772 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.49 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769776 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.83 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769778 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $18.39 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769770 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.20 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769786 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $20.90 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769888 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $20.16 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769940 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $25.12 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769942 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $18.45 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077994922 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $13.53 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077995006 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.31 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081724249 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.91 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070892 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.33 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070898 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.50 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070908 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.93 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070922 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.58 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070924 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.40 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070928 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.34 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070946 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.26 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070950 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.47 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070948 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.23 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070960 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.53 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070966 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.45 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087070962 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.03 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096886663 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.26 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131409774 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.19 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080621354 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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