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

RICHARD COLON-ORTIZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1982794640
CMS profile
448391
Location
BOGALUSA, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,814.29

  • Reported across 279 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$516.51

29 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 $516.51 29

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $376.51 13
PY2019 $1,653.16 25
PY2020 $2,228.56 51
PY2021 $802.71 48
PY2022 $2,121.85 60
PY2023 $1,114.99 53
PY2024 $516.51 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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
Amgen Inc. $14.99 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115523934 CMS
Amgen Inc. $17.84 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115523943 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.96 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118262229 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.84 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118262227 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $14.41 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129431588 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.56 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129431590 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $15.90 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129431592 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.85 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078032212 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.87 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078032208 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.67 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078032194 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.36 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579125 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.77 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579127 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.46 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579131 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.43 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579129 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.10 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579133 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.20 06/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579135 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.86 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579137 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.98 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119579139 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.29 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141914399 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $13.92 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141591484 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.84 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141591462 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.98 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141834463 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.03 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086709701 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.14 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086709707 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.24 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086709711 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.77 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096928694 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $19.03 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132250566 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $26.89 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687044 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $40.33 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080687468 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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