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

ULKA M DESAI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1841481025
CMS profile
1070747
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,206.37

  • Reported across 250 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$599.26

31 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 $599.26 31

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $524.27 56
PY2019 $912.62 60
PY2020 $315.18 14
PY2021 $461.15 25
PY2022 $849.73 40
PY2023 $544.16 24
PY2024 $599.26 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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 $14.17 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145824792 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.67 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115568141 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.07 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115568150 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $17.08 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146677932 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $13.47 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146677934 CMS
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. $17.92 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150679095 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.77 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086186268 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.36 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086222842 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.22 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118179058 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $26.61 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116288991 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.52 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116396058 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $9.73 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064109 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $23.03 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064113 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $20.59 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064117 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $18.66 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064121 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $22.32 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064125 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $23.40 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064129 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $1.54 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064133 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $25.24 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064137 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $28.00 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145064141 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.71 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086922169 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.85 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086922183 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.42 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086922185 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.56 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097159928 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $17.80 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844010 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $20.47 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844012 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $17.18 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844014 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $18.18 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844016 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $13.20 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112844018 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $28.08 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118884455 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.44 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118884457 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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