Covered recipient · General Payments record
MERRILL D BENSON
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pathology Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
General Payments · PY2019
$3,961.08
- Reported across 13 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.
- 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
PY2019 · sorted by reported total
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Honoraria | $2,500.00 | 1 |
| Travel and Lodging | $972.59 | 3 |
| Food and Beverage | $488.49 | 9 |
By paying entity
PY2019 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | $3,673.76 | 10 |
| PFIZER INC. | $196.81 | 2 |
| Acerta Pharma LLC | $90.51 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
| Program year | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| PY2019 | $3,961.08 | 13 |
Payment records · PY2019 (13)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by 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
- 2019
- Source files
- Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P01232026_01102026.csv
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