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

BRICK E ALVA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1720025380
CMS profile
611412
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,839.51

  • Reported across 67 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$367.42

11 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 $367.42 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $214.93 3
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $136.53 7
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $15.96 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $174.08 8
PY2019 $413.84 14
PY2020 $202.54 8
PY2021 $178.31 9
PY2022 $117.69 6
PY2023 $385.63 11
PY2024 $367.42 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.96 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092622504 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $12.29 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787047 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $4.41 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787049 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $27.59 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787051 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $21.63 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787053 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $55.39 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787055 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $8.08 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787057 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $7.14 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133787059 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.74 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137469606 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $77.37 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137469610 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $121.82 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137469615 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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