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

PAUL E FREE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology

NPI
1962465179
CMS profile
88364
Location
FAYETTEVILLE, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,658.17

  • Reported across 119 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$774.93

20 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 $675.94 19
Education $98.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $185.50 10
PY2019 $699.44 26
PY2020 $855.09 16
PY2021 $576.81 22
PY2022 $278.86 13
PY2023 $287.54 12
PY2024 $774.93 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $99.88 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144645811 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $114.39 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144645297 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $4.41 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634815 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $28.71 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634823 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $33.03 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634837 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $30.86 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634853 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $30.91 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634869 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $37.10 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634889 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $31.15 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634911 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $28.05 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634935 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $35.37 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634939 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $14.46 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148054746 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $34.68 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148054748 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $20.05 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148054750 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $24.59 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114050536 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $27.72 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114050538 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $36.20 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114050540 CMS
Resmed Corp $18.68 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140204631 CMS
SANOFI US SERVICES INC. $25.70 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634883 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $98.99 07/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139634873 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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