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Covered recipient · General Payments record
MERRILL D BENSON
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pathology Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
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General Payments · PY2019
- CMS publication 2026-06-30
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Research Payments
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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)
Ordering applied by this site (date, newest first, then paying entity) · record values are shown as CMS published them
Source & provenance
- Dataset
- CMS Open Payments — General Payments
- Publisher of source data
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- CMS publication date
- 2026-06-30
- Program years on this page
- 2019
- Source files
- Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P06302026_06032026.csv
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Cite this record.
Permalink https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1003873910
- Plain
- MERRILL D BENSON, NPI 1003873910. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1003873910.
- APA 7
- IndustryPayments. (2026). MERRILL D BENSON, NPI 1003873910 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1003873910
- Bluebook
- MERRILL D BENSON, NPI 1003873910, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1003873910.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.