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

BASSAM M ALBARCHA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1821184193
CMS profile
128615
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,819.15

  • Reported across 172 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$561.70

30 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 $561.70 30

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $451.52 32
PY2019 $363.67 27
PY2020 $261.93 17
PY2021 $320.86 20
PY2022 $273.15 15
PY2023 $586.32 31
PY2024 $561.70 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

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. $14.25 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117186695 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.03 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117186697 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.22 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117186699 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.05 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117186701 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.03 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086169970 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.15 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118168154 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $16.85 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114572761 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.45 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114572765 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.36 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114572769 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $21.03 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114572773 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $19.76 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114572777 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.30 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116082224 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.50 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141861794 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $31.19 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141673713 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $29.71 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141673711 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.41 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141966513 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.52 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086733371 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.74 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086733375 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.87 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086733395 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.77 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097648618 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.54 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097699065 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.62 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096715959 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.64 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096783356 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $16.90 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142192117 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.99 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131314617 CMS
Theratechnologies Inc. $23.81 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092902968 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $16.87 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112738469 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $28.12 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112727239 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $16.46 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112726356 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $20.56 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112812511 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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