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

ALEX S BEFELER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1881602753
CMS profile
176228
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$55,675.24

  • Reported across 67 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$29,787.79

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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $29,463.55 26
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $182.58 3
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $141.66 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $228.55 4
PY2019 $208.14 5
PY2020 $2,830.69 4
PY2021 $34.50 2
PY2022 $1,729.98 2
PY2023 $20,855.59 20
PY2024 $29,787.79 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
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $23.85 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091984437 CMS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $23.89 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091984435 CMS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $134.84 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091984433 CMS
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals $141.66 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144161483 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $119.16 01/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049671 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $23.72 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049673 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $10.62 01/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049675 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $1,590.00 02/08/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049677 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $121.81 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049679 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $4,240.00 06/04/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049681 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $121.81 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049683 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $4,240.00 06/18/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049685 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $231.24 08/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049688 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $387.96 08/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049690 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $122.17 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049692 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $6,360.00 08/15/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049694 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.80 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049696 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $63.39 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049698 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.86 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049700 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $10.67 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049702 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $123.26 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049704 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $5,300.00 09/24/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049706 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $143.38 10/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049708 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $133.77 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049710 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $409.95 10/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049712 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $198.53 10/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049714 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $5,300.00 11/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049716 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $145.09 12/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049718 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $11.51 12/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049720 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $15.85 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145049722 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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