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

VERONICA FRANCO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

NPI
1962513796
CMS profile
315432
Location
GAHANNA, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$14,183.96

  • Reported across 53 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,263.06

26 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
Consulting Fee $5,490.00 1
Travel and Lodging $2,957.46 10
Food and Beverage $815.60 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,981.19 18
PY2019 $2,585.20 4
PY2020 $91.42 1
PY2021 $20.97 1
PY2023 $242.12 3
PY2024 $9,263.06 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019202020212023 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
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $34.92 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078907811 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $23.96 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152374827 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $124.49 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629762 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $134.55 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629764 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $159.10 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629774 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $1,025.29 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629778 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $243.02 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629894 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $88.23 03/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141849536 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $11.70 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629766 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $50.00 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629780 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.36 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141847452 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $115.23 06/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141607803 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $118.01 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141607989 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $155.91 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141608255 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $269.55 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141839815 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $427.74 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141839817 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $304.07 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141839929 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $59.99 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141607983 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $65.00 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141607985 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $55.00 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141607987 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 11/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629760 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,490.00 11/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141629776 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $4.15 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149454360 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $65.70 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149455408 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $17.55 06/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149468336 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $45.54 06/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149468646 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, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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