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Covered recipient · General Payments record

HELEN CHANG-DEGUZMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1710989926
CMS profile
526106
Location
ELKTON, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,927.85

  • Reported across 164 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,389.79

59 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.

Related groups: Nephrology MD All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,365.67 56
Education $24.12 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acerta Pharma LLC $346.29 12
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $138.00 6
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $127.71 6
Retrophin, Inc. $101.39 7
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $81.82 3
Amgen Inc. $79.10 3
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $75.25 2
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $74.76 4
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $72.70 3
Novo Nordisk AS $67.70 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $62.18 4
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $43.37 2
Ardelyx, Inc. $42.27 2
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $37.47 2
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $25.44 1
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $14.34 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $133.48 8
PY2019 $504.65 24
PY2020 $62.80 3
PY2021 $485.49 16
PY2022 $482.59 21
PY2023 $869.05 33
PY2024 $1,389.79 59

Payment records · PY2024 (59)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $21.04 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828086 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $22.74 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145829745 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $28.92 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145831877 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.41 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117221741 CMS
Amgen Inc. $26.09 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117221743 CMS
Amgen Inc. $28.60 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117221745 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.90 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146674728 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $21.37 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146674730 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $43.94 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104257521 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $34.26 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105718544 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $31.85 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105367522 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $25.60 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105458885 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.37 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104699815 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $25.71 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104284279 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.76 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105339660 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $30.29 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104738577 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $33.75 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104631032 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $29.42 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104739669 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.80 11/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104248557 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $31.54 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105652284 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.26 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086217249 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.01 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086140815 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.83 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086135087 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.71 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086121262 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.74 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086166396 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $28.16 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086144765 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.12 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118125721 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.25 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118125719 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $17.50 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141509139 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.88 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141514537 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.43 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141518753 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $18.95 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526254 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $24.00 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210030 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $17.36 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210024 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $22.53 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210026 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $23.98 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210028 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $25.88 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210034 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $24.25 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154210032 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.60 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115992524 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.72 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116583817 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.80 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116569213 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.06 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116728130 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $38.12 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145056105 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $37.13 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145056109 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $33.86 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086776745 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.49 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086776757 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.47 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086776755 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $67.70 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097311943 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $16.09 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118873484 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.38 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118873486 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $14.34 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137507709 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $3.08 04/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898138 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $18.29 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898158 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.58 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898146 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $17.96 08/06/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898150 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $3.08 09/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898142 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $18.00 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898154 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $24.40 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149898162 CMS
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. $25.44 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153281554 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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