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

IKEMEFULA EKEKWE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine

NPI
1952505570
CMS profile
418912
Location
FAYETTEVILLE, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,600.85

  • Reported across 161 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$429.73

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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $429.73 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $148.43 3
GENZYME CORPORATION $67.25 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $39.84 2
Acerta Pharma LLC $36.78 2
Amgen Inc. $35.47 2
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $28.89 1
Relypsa, Inc. $22.77 1
PFIZER INC. $17.74 1
ResMed Corp $17.57 1
3B Medical, Inc. $14.99 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $281.41 15
PY2019 $266.08 13
PY2020 $140.99 7
PY2021 $412.85 23
PY2022 $1,745.58 54
PY2023 $1,324.21 34
PY2024 $429.73 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
3B Medical, Inc. $14.99 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147573418 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.27 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111568697 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.20 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111568699 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.25 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105769934 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.53 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105511733 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $67.25 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139776984 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $26.34 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116705808 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $13.50 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116317286 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $13.37 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148052752 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $43.55 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148052754 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $91.51 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148052756 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.74 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131466822 CMS
Resmed Corp $17.57 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140204861 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $28.89 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137538489 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $22.77 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124042322 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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