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

THOMAS L ASHCOM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1689637027
CMS profile
302825
Location
WICHITA, KS

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,452.47

  • Reported across 378 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,178.68

25 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 $1,083.69 24
Education $94.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,485.65 70
PY2019 $2,362.89 67
PY2020 $574.50 35
PY2021 $1,302.33 65
PY2022 $1,606.33 56
PY2023 $942.09 60
PY2024 $1,178.68 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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. $95.87 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078888041 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $94.99 05/21/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078887987 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $16.44 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078887951 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $102.00 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078887955 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $124.99 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104642669 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $10.82 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104618986 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.48 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105560426 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.44 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104299376 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.44 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101639660 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.27 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078023918 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $100.69 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434737 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $119.73 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434739 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $99.62 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434741 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $143.67 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434743 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.28 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434745 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.01 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141599607 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.38 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141837882 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.17 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086688301 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.61 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086688303 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.98 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097105596 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.58 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096752060 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.79 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097725718 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.17 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097563862 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.38 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097043593 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.88 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080709152 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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