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

MEHUL R BHALJA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1790031276
CMS profile
527952
Location
ALEXANDRIA, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$10,779.57

  • Reported across 281 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$518.30

45 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 $518.30 45

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $170.79 5
PY2019 $6,460.10 61
PY2020 $781.46 31
PY2021 $971.51 57
PY2022 $818.71 40
PY2023 $1,058.70 42
PY2024 $518.30 45

Payment records · PY2024 (45)

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 $14.04 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125272711 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $14.65 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125272713 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.70 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115449565 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $20.68 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127676566 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $19.81 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101792370 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.89 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101792515 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $15.63 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154045297 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.56 12/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119485034 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.76 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629919 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.91 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629921 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $3.07 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629925 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.82 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629923 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.30 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629927 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.17 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629937 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.70 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629939 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $3.40 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629929 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.62 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629931 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $2.85 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629933 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $6.86 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629935 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $6.70 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629947 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.88 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629941 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1.17 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629949 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.83 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629951 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1.89 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629943 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.53 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629945 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $2.95 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629953 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.61 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629955 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.95 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629957 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1.57 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629959 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.00 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629961 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.00 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629963 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.39 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629965 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $9.87 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629967 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $6.95 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629969 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.69 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086629971 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.08 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131445944 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.81 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131575283 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.01 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131551160 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $18.99 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132298165 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $19.43 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152973686 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $7.84 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660931 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $10.82 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660937 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.53 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660939 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $7.02 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660943 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.37 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080660949 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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