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

LUDWIG V CAVALIERE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1952300469
CMS profile
314627
Location
MACON, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$1,493.26

  • Reported across 55 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$477.42

15 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $473.60 14
Education $3.82 1

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $378.36 7
PY2019 $210.97 12
PY2020 $426.51 21
PY2021 $477.42 15

Payment records · PY2021 (15)

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

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $113.32 07/15/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 794226625 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $16.24 03/18/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 855451611 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.04 06/10/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 783135781 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.61 02/23/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 829789791 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.50 04/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 829447137 CMS
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $135.49 06/17/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 852453371 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $22.15 02/24/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 836252715 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $12.77 04/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 849419691 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.70 04/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 834719855 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $3.82 04/22/2021 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 849786465 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $23.88 02/08/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 816088101 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $13.87 05/05/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 816105887 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $23.59 06/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 816112797 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.28 02/16/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 837415837 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.16 03/11/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 837415843 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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