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

ROBERT F MERRITT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1649369661
CMS profile
255960
Location
SPRINGFIELD, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$39,002.03

  • Reported across 304 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$783.67

36 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $783.67 36

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $23,869.13 77
PY2019 $8,908.14 57
PY2020 $1,082.61 30
PY2021 $433.09 23
PY2022 $2,441.32 47
PY2023 $1,484.07 34
PY2024 $783.67 36

Payment records · PY2024 (36)

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 $14.97 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125169550 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.13 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125169552 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.94 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125169554 CMS
ABIOMED $14.68 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142223592 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.77 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928278 CMS
Amgen Inc. $9.57 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928284 CMS
Amgen Inc. $10.13 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928292 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.83 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928301 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.07 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928307 CMS
Amgen Inc. $7.29 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928327 CMS
Amgen Inc. $7.74 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928313 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.89 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928333 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.93 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928339 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.64 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928347 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.86 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928353 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.75 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928360 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.66 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928366 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.66 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928372 CMS
Amgen Inc. $6.14 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115928377 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.29 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105324476 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.43 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092575855 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.26 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092575857 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.31 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138762342 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.07 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138762466 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $44.62 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119416160 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.97 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119416162 CMS
Organogenesis Inc. $31.94 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145438831 CMS
Philips North America LLC $131.04 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146867975 CMS
Philips North America LLC $32.54 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146867973 CMS
Philips North America LLC $67.79 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146867971 CMS
Philips North America LLC $21.08 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146867969 CMS
Philips North America LLC $66.13 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146867967 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $15.80 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148113263 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $19.11 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080688008 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $11.13 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080688406 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $14.51 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080688606 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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