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

JAMES G ATHERTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Nephrology

NPI
1679746119
CMS profile
5019941
Location
MEMPHIS, TN

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$616.83

  • Reported across 28 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$307.01

12 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 $307.01 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $70.65 4
PY2023 $239.17 12
PY2024 $307.01 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.77 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091162970 CMS
Ascendis Pharma Inc $18.22 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133844454 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.92 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134002690 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.19 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134002692 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.88 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137012360 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $22.86 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138576988 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $31.43 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145047673 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $25.00 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145047675 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $50.44 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119430749 CMS
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.77 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141480032 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $26.80 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139597821 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $22.73 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139597953 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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