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Covered recipient · General Payments record

KARIM A EL-KERSH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

NPI
1659681351
CMS profile
347667
Location
LOUISVILLE, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$192,908.47

  • Reported across 249 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$45,773.45

47 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: Pulmonary Disease KY All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $40,778.75 11
Travel and Lodging $3,654.74 11
Food and Beverage $1,339.96 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
United Therapeutics Corporation $18,647.67 23
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $17,822.93 9
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $9,204.77 13
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. $76.77 1
Sandoz Inc. $21.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $34,518.29 50
PY2019 $38,195.46 59
PY2020 $18,104.12 17
PY2021 $8,509.72 7
PY2022 $20,612.38 13
PY2023 $27,195.05 56
PY2024 $45,773.45 47

Payment records · PY2024 (47)

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
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $10,125.00 01/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888549 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $81.01 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888737 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $456.44 07/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888933 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $256.23 08/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888445 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $45.00 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888653 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $23.22 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888805 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $6,750.00 08/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888619 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $36.68 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888523 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $49.35 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888545 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. $76.77 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077572872 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $292.86 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141582379 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $513.20 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141830360 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $49.97 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141582027 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $49.99 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141582375 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $289.64 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141582377 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $125.36 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141582381 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141830362 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,490.00 02/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141795142 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 02/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141795144 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $581.25 03/20/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141793006 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $465.00 07/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141793004 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $697.50 09/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141793002 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $465.00 12/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141896651 CMS
Sandoz Inc. $21.31 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089364037 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $44.48 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149446486 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $572.20 02/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447482 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $125.00 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149462070 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $122.94 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447458 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $223.45 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149449628 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $45.44 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447468 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $28.77 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447562 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $22.72 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447800 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $45.44 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149449592 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $1,015.00 03/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149445624 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $1,450.00 03/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149463484 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $6,200.00 03/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149449598 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $97.62 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149446180 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $11.21 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149447014 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $371.95 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149473926 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $139.69 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149445798 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $403.41 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149471858 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $28.42 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149446996 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $18.94 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149449812 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $60.00 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149456698 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $30.99 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149471132 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $50.00 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149476945 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $7,540.00 11/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149471678 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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