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

JOEL M KICHLER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1972502516
CMS profile
271223
Location
BRACKENRIDGE, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,405.93

  • Reported across 141 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$332.40

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 $332.40 20

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $153.98 11
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $62.59 3
GENZYME CORPORATION $49.20 2
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $27.13 2
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.33 1
Ardelyx, Inc. $16.17 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $619.39 35
PY2019 $706.58 48
PY2020 $63.89 4
PY2021 $84.89 4
PY2022 $260.94 9
PY2023 $337.84 21
PY2024 $332.40 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
ABBVIE INC. $5.02 01/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068708 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.22 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068710 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.66 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068712 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.53 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068714 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.64 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068716 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.25 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068718 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.26 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068720 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.63 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068722 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.53 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068724 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.48 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068726 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.76 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104068728 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $16.17 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146689396 CMS
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $13.60 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125515575 CMS
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $13.53 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125515577 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $22.78 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139857022 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $26.42 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139857062 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.33 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151081747 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $19.39 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137601386 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $23.61 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137601390 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $19.59 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137601394 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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