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

CARLOS A VARGAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1912983891
CMS profile
531848
Location
ASHEVILLE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$778.44

  • Reported across 17 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$191.11

7 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 $191.11 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $133.36 5
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $57.75 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $46.26 1
PY2019 $38.98 1
PY2021 $215.00 2
PY2023 $287.09 6
PY2024 $191.11 7

Payment records · PY2024 (7)

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

Program year 2024 2018201920212023 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 $3.17 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125336604 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.75 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125336606 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.79 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125336608 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $5.48 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125336610 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $100.17 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125336612 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $34.81 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137516554 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.94 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137516558 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, 2021, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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