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

KENNETH NILES COSMER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics

NPI
1952321564
CMS profile
223954
Location
WEST HILLS, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,561.47

  • Reported across 72 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$230.22

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 $230.22 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novo Nordisk AS $116.99 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $41.05 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $25.92 1
SANOFI PASTEUR INC. $23.69 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $22.57 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $826.26 20
PY2019 $581.70 14
PY2020 $178.35 8
PY2021 $80.22 4
PY2022 $186.76 7
PY2023 $477.96 12
PY2024 $230.22 7

Payment records · PY2024 (7)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $25.92 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104675103 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $22.57 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116518748 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.36 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141699786 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.69 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141958500 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $56.73 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097011571 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $60.26 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096937067 CMS
SANOFI PASTEUR INC. $23.69 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128732646 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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