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

ELAINE MORELAND APPERSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

NPI
1730267857
CMS profile
169800
Location
GREENVILLE, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$20,110.33

  • Reported across 83 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$11,042.57

18 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 $9,030.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,012.00 4
Food and Beverage $941.07 12
Education $59.50 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $10,532.75 9
BETA BIONICS, INC. $282.51 1
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $87.41 2
Abbott Laboratories $48.28 2
PFIZER INC. $26.68 1
Ascendis Pharma Inc $25.75 1
DEXCOM, INC. $20.71 1
TOLMAR, INC. $18.48 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $172.51 9
PY2019 $3,360.22 12
PY2020 $278.94 6
PY2021 $4,702.51 23
PY2022 $241.53 5
PY2023 $312.05 10
PY2024 $11,042.57 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
Abbott Laboratories $23.43 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125222398 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.85 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125222402 CMS
Ascendis Pharma Inc $25.75 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133846585 CMS
BETA BIONICS, INC. $282.51 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087885945 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $20.71 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153297985 CMS
PFIZER INC. $26.68 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131886099 CMS
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $27.91 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141479904 CMS
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $59.50 05/03/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141479906 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $20.00 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692950 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $9,030.00 09/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692994 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $389.03 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693026 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $292.13 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693028 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $294.84 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693030 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $292.38 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693032 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $38.37 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693034 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $36.00 09/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693036 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $140.00 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139693016 CMS
Tolmar, Inc. $18.48 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138711442 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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