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

TING-CHI LU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1649378787
CMS profile
210309
Location
AUSTIN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,337.08

  • Reported across 138 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$560.71

24 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 $560.71 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $453.83 30
PY2019 $614.57 28
PY2020 $113.46 5
PY2021 $136.07 5
PY2022 $432.56 11
PY2023 $1,025.88 35
PY2024 $560.71 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.54 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093929656 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.48 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117614681 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.59 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104718509 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $29.31 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150686487 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $24.40 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150686489 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $29.77 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086228630 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $28.34 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086251896 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $30.34 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086208705 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.35 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118094456 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $18.33 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141524160 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $17.77 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529853 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.94 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116659071 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $21.76 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135466712 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $18.94 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145101290 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $30.20 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087153986 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.20 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087153988 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.06 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096912680 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.28 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097414451 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $30.36 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149931368 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $20.20 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149931360 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $27.48 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149931364 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $20.21 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124037682 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $29.28 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124034393 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $24.58 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124066079 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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