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

JAI VARMA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1952520488
CMS profile
88881
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$18,772.41

  • Reported across 670 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,334.12

43 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 $1,334.12 43

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $7,787.33 133
PY2019 $2,230.88 127
PY2020 $2,048.61 106
PY2021 $2,288.44 131
PY2022 $1,785.85 93
PY2023 $1,297.18 37
PY2024 $1,334.12 43

Payment records · PY2024 (43)

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
Amgen Inc. $29.21 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111731971 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.12 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111731973 CMS
BIOTRONIK INC. $102.03 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145797624 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $19.48 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138737066 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.85 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101532561 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $181.36 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138880833 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $18.56 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458778 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $17.18 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129458780 CMS
HEARTFLOW, INC. $35.10 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154184066 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $19.39 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154886669 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $28.15 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154886723 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $110.51 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119564080 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.62 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141943433 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.84 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141894441 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.15 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404240 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.37 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404248 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.88 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404256 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.66 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404260 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.06 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404266 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $26.42 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404278 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.23 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404280 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.64 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404286 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $30.71 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404288 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $7.94 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404290 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $33.83 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404300 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.61 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404298 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.61 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404302 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.75 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404310 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.39 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404312 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.78 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404304 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.30 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404306 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.32 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087404308 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.06 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096939681 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.51 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096931299 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.66 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096638112 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.63 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096616160 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.48 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097333942 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $31.27 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096627270 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.70 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096566070 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.77 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097262882 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.80 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097308206 CMS
Philips North America LLC $115.52 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146881174 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $28.67 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152977791 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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