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

RUSSELL L BRINK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1780978171
CMS profile
35356
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,074.35

  • Reported across 215 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$818.20

38 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 $793.59 37
Education $24.61 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $466.95 24
PY2019 $430.67 25
PY2020 $414.49 22
PY2021 $539.02 29
PY2022 $578.45 35
PY2023 $826.57 42
PY2024 $818.20 38

Payment records · PY2024 (38)

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 $20.81 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828290 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 08/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145832931 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.40 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117513947 CMS
Amgen Inc. $28.32 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115462964 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.97 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115462969 CMS
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.49 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091135717 CMS
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.19 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091154642 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $17.86 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146672750 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $34.42 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146672752 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $17.00 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146672754 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.13 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104506626 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.03 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104346622 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.92 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104263449 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $27.07 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150676993 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $13.27 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150676995 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $14.78 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150676997 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $16.59 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150676999 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.69 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086261496 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.82 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086143051 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.84 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086181251 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.72 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118154229 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.76 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118154231 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.10 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141519061 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.80 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526446 CMS
CorMedix Inc. $31.73 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082026602 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.46 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086753977 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.36 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086753985 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $28.54 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086753989 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.23 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086753991 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $16.89 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842866 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.25 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112842868 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $24.69 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118866978 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.26 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118866980 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.10 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118866982 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $25.59 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118866984 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $21.49 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149905383 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $22.22 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149905391 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $21.80 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149905387 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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