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

MARY A BUFFINGTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1942411863
CMS profile
133157
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,269.11

  • Reported across 147 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$710.10

32 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 $682.52 30
Education $27.58 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $459.33 13
PY2019 $350.80 11
PY2020 $294.65 16
PY2021 $420.86 17
PY2022 $982.68 28
PY2023 $1,050.69 30
PY2024 $710.10 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.86 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1094027918 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.55 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093950485 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.79 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093950988 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.87 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105888339 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.88 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104607254 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.57 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118244638 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.42 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141509939 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $18.08 06/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141516209 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $19.78 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141517417 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.89 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141525592 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $16.82 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141526006 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $21.80 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141529135 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $20.00 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089404216 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $18.24 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052822 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $10.60 03/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052824 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $19.30 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052826 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $15.95 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052828 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $21.31 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052830 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $24.03 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052832 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $16.50 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052834 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $27.08 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052836 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $27.73 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145052838 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $16.98 05/16/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112843042 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $25.06 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118868822 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.47 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118868824 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.22 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118868826 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.99 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118868828 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $21.99 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118835757 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $23.78 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118835759 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $9.65 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149931285 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $8.49 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149931281 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $91.42 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124035206 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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