Covered recipient · General Payments record
CHRISTOPHER BUCHANAN
General Payments · PY2023–2024
$518.53
- Reported across 27 records
- CMS publication 2026-01-23
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.
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By nature of payment
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $365.55 | 20 |
By paying entity
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk AS | $79.19 | 4 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $72.83 | 4 |
| Amgen Inc. | $62.37 | 4 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $50.53 | 3 |
| DEXCOM, INC. | $25.35 | 1 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $22.15 | 1 |
| PFIZER INC. | $19.64 | 1 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $18.21 | 1 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | $15.28 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2024 (20)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS
Program year 2024 2023
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. | $13.28 | 05/10/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1117212420 | CMS |
| Amgen Inc. | $17.63 | 05/17/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1111538377 | CMS |
| Amgen Inc. | $17.24 | 06/14/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1111538379 | CMS |
| Amgen Inc. | $14.22 | 08/09/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1117212422 | CMS |
| Dexcom, Inc. | $25.35 | 01/05/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1153292545 | CMS |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | $15.28 | 08/23/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1129429364 | CMS |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $15.89 | 01/20/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1136102404 | CMS |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $14.41 | 05/10/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1136098232 | CMS |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $17.37 | 08/02/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1136102406 | CMS |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $25.16 | 09/10/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1136105050 | CMS |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $22.15 | 09/06/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1116885520 | CMS |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $18.21 | 07/19/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1141833259 | CMS |
| Novo Nordisk Inc | $20.83 | 06/20/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1108581153 | CMS |
| Novo Nordisk Inc | $24.46 | 07/26/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1108580831 | CMS |
| Novo Nordisk Inc | $15.36 | 10/11/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1108581563 | CMS |
| Novo Nordisk Inc | $18.54 | 11/15/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1108580935 | CMS |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $18.03 | 08/16/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1118868626 | CMS |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $14.07 | 09/20/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1118868628 | CMS |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | $18.43 | 12/20/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1118868630 | CMS |
| PFIZER INC. | $19.64 | 02/09/2024 | Food and Beverage | Undisputed | 01/23/2026 | 1132008320 | 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
- 2023, 2024
- Source files
- Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv
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