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Covered recipient · General Payments record

RUTH ELSA STEPHEN

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1740837665
CMS profile
10435981
Location
WEBSTER, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$2,196.63

  • Reported across 116 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$999.09

53 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: Family TX All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $999.09 53

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $147.80 9
PFIZER INC. $120.89 4
Novo Nordisk AS $105.84 6
Lilly USA, LLC $105.71 6
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $92.88 6
Exact Sciences Corporation $62.02 4
Acerta Pharma LLC $44.94 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $43.72 2
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $36.50 2
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $34.71 2
ABBVIE INC. $33.71 2
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $29.77 1
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.94 1
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.22 1
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $21.08 1
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.27 1
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $18.01 1
PhotoniCare Inc $15.61 1
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.47 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $186.99 11
PY2022 $386.10 20
PY2023 $624.45 32
PY2024 $999.09 53

Payment records · PY2024 (53)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 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. $14.28 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108251361 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.43 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108251363 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.64 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692650 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.88 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117391386 CMS
Amgen Inc. $12.36 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692652 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.14 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692654 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.51 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692656 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.60 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692658 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.73 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117391388 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.22 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692660 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.72 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117692662 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.49 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104691862 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.45 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104334178 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.12 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086312421 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.59 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086358464 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.27 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118137278 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $29.77 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092631381 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.47 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129477032 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $13.49 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114454043 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.64 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114454047 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $19.20 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114454052 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.69 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114454056 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.45 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116281839 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.05 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786263 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $18.01 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148169655 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.83 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135955931 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.15 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135938954 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.71 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135925478 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $18.15 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135883491 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.09 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135883495 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.78 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135901624 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.98 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141941185 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $25.74 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141783652 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.22 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100444881 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.13 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100610628 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.69 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100235932 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.88 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100447245 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.13 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100516705 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.79 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100482427 CMS
PFIZER INC. $26.29 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131534320 CMS
PFIZER INC. $24.76 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131581828 CMS
PFIZER INC. $39.93 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131886315 CMS
PFIZER INC. $29.91 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131972727 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.94 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151207871 CMS
PhotoniCare Inc $15.61 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081237902 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.41 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153542104 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.54 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153575426 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.27 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153660058 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.63 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153473424 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.27 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153427297 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.76 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153586768 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $21.08 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150116449 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.22 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144637704 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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