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

BRIAN M BEARD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1982671244
CMS profile
316694
Location
TOPEKA, KS

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$333.60

  • Reported across 21 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$84.68

5 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $84.68 5

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $10.61 1
PY2019 $205.58 13
PY2020 $32.73 2
PY2023 $84.68 5

Payment records · PY2023 (5)

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

Program year 2023 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.03 09/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991858199 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.21 03/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1003012091 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.19 05/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049405769 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.06 09/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049405776 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $21.19 12/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 984141947 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, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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