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Covered recipient · General Payments record

JOHN A MERLINO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

NPI
1811013246
CMS profile
355182
Location
TOMS RIVER, NJ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$11,400.12

  • Reported across 255 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,495.43

37 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 $1,278.12 35
Travel and Lodging $217.31 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,799.39 64
PY2019 $2,558.62 45
PY2020 $1,074.15 28
PY2021 $1,652.55 28
PY2022 $705.96 25
PY2023 $1,114.02 28
PY2024 $1,495.43 37

Payment records · PY2024 (37)

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 $134.78 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282766 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $208.29 01/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125435211 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 01/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125435213 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.52 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282769 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.14 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282771 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $41.57 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282773 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $141.33 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282775 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.45 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282777 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $29.49 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282779 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $59.05 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282781 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $44.02 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282789 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $28.34 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282783 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.53 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282785 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $46.60 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125282787 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $38.35 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092264862 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.65 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092264860 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.35 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092264858 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $58.61 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092264864 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.60 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092264856 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $16.44 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133236651 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $18.88 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133236653 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $20.06 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133236655 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.56 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101365114 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.96 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101365140 CMS
iRhythm Technologies, Inc. $35.60 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154047011 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.06 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078096164 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.01 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078096096 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $18.06 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078096056 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $10.77 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119494912 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $124.11 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119494914 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.45 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119494916 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $120.29 07/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119494918 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.11 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119494920 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.98 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131454755 CMS
Philips North America LLC $17.98 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146850589 CMS
Philips North America LLC $17.88 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146850591 CMS
Philips North America LLC $14.54 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146850593 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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