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

RITA ALTMAN

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1689052193
CMS profile
11039980
Location
SARASOTA, FL

General Payments · PY2021–2023

$2,721.68

  • Reported across 40 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$1,870.02

17 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
Travel and Lodging $1,075.36 2
Food and Beverage $794.66 15

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $1,723.97 16
Silk Road Medical, Inc. $146.05 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $439.26 11
PY2022 $412.40 12
PY2023 $1,870.02 17

Payment records · PY2023 (17)

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

Program year 2023 20212022 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
Merz North America, Inc. $12.12 03/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007499 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $2.61 03/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007495 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $13.04 03/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007497 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $8.39 05/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007473 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $21.36 05/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007475 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $5.65 06/05/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007493 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $149.60 07/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007477 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $483.20 07/21/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007487 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $592.16 07/21/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007491 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $26.56 07/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007479 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $55.91 07/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007481 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $52.51 07/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007483 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $42.34 07/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007485 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $149.67 07/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007489 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $1.85 12/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007469 CMS
Merz North America, Inc. $107.00 12/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1051007471 CMS
Silk Road Medical, Inc. $146.05 06/29/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1014860597 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
2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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