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

SHIVA K AKULA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

NPI
1679643639
CMS profile
1094479
Location
NEW ORLEANS, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$2,941.70

  • Reported across 171 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$362.87

20 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $362.87 20

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ViiV Healthcare Company $252.17 14
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $110.70 6

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $438.92 27
PY2019 $481.61 29
PY2020 $360.28 21
PY2021 $787.37 47
PY2022 $510.65 27
PY2023 $362.87 20

Payment records · PY2023 (20)

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

Program year 2023 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.41 01/04/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048349021 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.97 02/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048349013 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.45 03/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048918639 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.79 04/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048349017 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.87 07/05/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048862501 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.21 08/16/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1048905351 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $12.95 01/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001102297 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $7.88 02/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001102358 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $104.89 03/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104023 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $4.78 03/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104401 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $12.28 03/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104439 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $4.68 04/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001102731 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $21.13 05/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001101935 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $5.15 06/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001103289 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $13.15 06/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104451 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $10.61 06/29/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001102333 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $14.81 07/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001103321 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $14.78 09/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104413 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $16.87 10/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001103665 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $8.21 11/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1001104013 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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