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

NICHOLAS MCKERNAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1679738710
CMS profile
638772
Location
COLLEGE STATION, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,654.22

  • Reported across 112 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$293.18

14 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 $293.18 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $135.38 7
Medtronic, Inc. $115.43 5
Abbott Laboratories $42.37 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $788.17 33
PY2019 $341.17 16
PY2020 $203.98 9
PY2021 $278.32 12
PY2022 $209.27 13
PY2023 $540.13 15
PY2024 $293.18 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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 $18.30 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125190812 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.07 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125190816 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.38 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633613 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.02 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633611 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.95 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633609 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.32 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633603 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.59 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633607 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.00 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633539 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.12 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092633605 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.86 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430723 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $41.51 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430729 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.81 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430725 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.93 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430727 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.32 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430731 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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