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

JOSEPH CHARLES KOVAL

NPI
1811029184
CMS profile
785006
Location
WILKES BARRE, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,433.73

  • Reported across 66 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,362.33

12 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 $1,362.33 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acerta Pharma LLC $613.62 5
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $437.91 4
Amgen Inc. $205.30 2
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $105.50 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,663.61 24
PY2019 $1,559.06 14
PY2020 $248.66 2
PY2021 $946.78 8
PY2022 $278.57 3
PY2023 $374.72 3
PY2024 $1,362.33 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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
Amgen Inc. $125.00 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111623998 CMS
Amgen Inc. $80.30 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117301237 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $124.74 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104279085 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $124.74 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105842315 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $124.74 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104269965 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $119.70 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104524368 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $119.70 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105868225 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $119.70 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118162590 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $99.19 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118162588 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $122.10 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118162592 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $96.92 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118162586 CMS
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $105.50 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138750547 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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