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Covered recipient · General Payments record

IRFAN IFTIKHAR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1851357248
CMS profile
219652
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,250.76

  • Reported across 420 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$877.11

38 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 $877.11 38

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,833.29 90
PY2019 $782.83 43
PY2020 $961.02 51
PY2021 $1,101.52 69
PY2022 $1,642.17 78
PY2023 $1,052.82 51
PY2024 $877.11 38

Payment records · PY2024 (38)

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 $24.86 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125302714 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $22.11 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078916905 CMS
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $24.60 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078916451 CMS
AGEPHA Pharma FZ LLC $17.37 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111015384 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.06 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111604716 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.52 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111604718 CMS
Amgen Inc. $124.40 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111604722 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.61 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111604720 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.55 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111604724 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.34 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105238009 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.08 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104768174 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.03 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134007139 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.69 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118184165 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.69 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118184173 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.08 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118184169 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.10 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092623404 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.28 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092623406 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $25.38 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138769362 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $16.36 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129439378 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $20.96 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129439380 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $24.63 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129439382 CMS
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $46.55 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100417952 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.37 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078205443 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.72 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078203303 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.04 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081701305 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.00 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081701311 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.14 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081701307 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.73 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081701309 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.39 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141822251 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.55 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554309 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $15.94 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141907724 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.63 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554307 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.60 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141554970 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.48 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141950119 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.18 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900567 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.56 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900579 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.86 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097142638 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $17.67 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132243336 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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