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

LAUREN A BYERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1730245911
CMS profile
1152842
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$149,383.58

  • Reported across 153 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$21,965.56

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
Consulting Fee $19,916.50 6
Travel and Lodging $1,418.43 5
Food and Beverage $630.63 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $16,692.62 14
Amgen Inc. $2,744.00 1
Acerta Pharma LLC $1,669.25 7
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $522.19 2
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $337.50 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $19,603.16 24
PY2019 $26,872.98 40
PY2020 $10,467.50 6
PY2021 $17,498.76 12
PY2022 $27,795.92 23
PY2023 $25,179.70 23
PY2024 $21,965.56 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
ABBVIE INC. $45.00 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400217 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $55.00 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400219 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $417.94 06/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104179390 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $10.75 06/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104179392 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4,196.25 08/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103132529 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $64.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400221 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $233.63 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104179394 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.99 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400223 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $34.98 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400225 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.99 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400227 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $48.98 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103400229 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $483.50 10/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104179396 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $10,800.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103132531 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $272.61 11/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104179398 CMS
Amgen Inc. $2,744.00 09/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117518356 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $80.18 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110537295 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.17 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110538473 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $45.26 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110539937 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $52.39 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110540201 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $49.25 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110543019 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $50.00 09/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110553232 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,370.00 10/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110553986 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $53.44 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089405028 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $468.75 09/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089405026 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $337.50 03/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086780869 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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