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

CHRISTOPHER JOHN FRANKEL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1952336182
CMS profile
988499
Location
LANGHORNE, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,893.93

  • Reported across 95 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$621.98

28 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 $597.37 27
Education $24.61 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $152.94 9
PY2019 $240.46 12
PY2020 $137.72 8
PY2021 $172.62 9
PY2022 $329.48 17
PY2023 $238.73 12
PY2024 $621.98 28

Payment records · PY2024 (28)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $17.61 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145826193 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $20.88 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145826195 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $19.50 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828644 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 08/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145832593 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $21.81 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145831157 CMS
Amgen Inc. $23.38 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111577544 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $22.37 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680806 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $20.73 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680808 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $30.21 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680810 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $21.03 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680812 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $27.25 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680814 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $33.49 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146680816 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21.75 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105710586 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.27 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105411985 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.30 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104730851 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.03 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086194624 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.50 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086148995 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.31 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086250798 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.67 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086119150 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $26.41 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136100040 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $23.56 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118836651 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $17.94 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118836653 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $20.69 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149924370 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $25.50 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124033484 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $15.64 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124043750 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $21.91 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124050888 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $25.64 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124062753 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $21.99 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124067697 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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