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

MARGARET J ATEN

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1902813710
CMS profile
10989905
Location
BAKERSFIELD, CA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$925.32

  • Reported across 27 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$476.18

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 $476.18 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. $253.92 2
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $62.92 3
Ascendis Pharma Inc $43.11 2
PFIZER INC. $34.06 2
Novo Nordisk AS $29.91 1
SANOFI PASTEUR INC. $26.17 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $26.09 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $226.02 8
PY2022 $82.94 4
PY2023 $140.18 3
PY2024 $476.18 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
Ascendis Pharma Inc $24.22 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133845619 CMS
Ascendis Pharma Inc $18.89 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133847948 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.91 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116729692 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.68 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116309149 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23.33 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116470890 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $26.09 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141971035 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $29.91 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100519723 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.72 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130987134 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.34 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131621828 CMS
SANOFI PASTEUR INC. $26.17 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128745563 CMS
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. $72.92 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118388948 CMS
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. $181.00 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118388950 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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