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

JOSEPH LIGHTSEY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

NPI
1033522990
CMS profile
1076124
Location
AUGUSTA, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$39,189.76

  • Reported across 288 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,873.05

53 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
Travel and Lodging $4,497.69 16
Food and Beverage $1,375.36 37

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $585.42 29
PY2019 $1,025.73 42
PY2020 $1,909.37 32
PY2021 $13,874.80 49
PY2022 $10,786.87 36
PY2023 $5,134.52 47
PY2024 $5,873.05 53

Payment records · PY2024 (53)

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
Abbott Laboratories $98.93 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124807461 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.33 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124807463 CMS
Acist Medical Systems, Inc. $24.18 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123312876 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $3.02 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673596 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $7.56 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673250 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $10.93 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673284 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $3.01 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673113 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $17.84 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673149 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $12.31 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673869 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $3.56 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673878 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $9.14 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673125 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $3.04 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673600 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $7.63 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673520 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $144.57 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673006 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $5.58 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673188 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $10.34 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077673316 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $32.45 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092398366 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $245.81 12/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092398372 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $886.94 12/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092398374 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.70 12/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092398368 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $70.00 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092398370 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $79.55 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143857795 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $67.27 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143857797 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $48.10 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138835104 CMS
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. $32.55 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152380384 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $179.00 01/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036745 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.63 01/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036747 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $294.00 01/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036749 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $177.50 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036753 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.60 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036755 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.50 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036757 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $69.14 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036741 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.20 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036743 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9.95 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036751 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.05 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036761 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.06 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036759 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $10.34 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036767 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $801.61 08/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036763 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $2.48 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036765 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $249.00 08/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036773 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.70 08/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036775 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $94.52 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036769 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.15 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036771 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.48 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036777 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $160.39 09/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036779 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $841.64 09/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036781 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $186.68 10/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036783 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $249.00 10/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036791 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $28.70 10/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036793 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $60.70 10/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036785 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.37 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036787 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $239.19 10/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036789 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.13 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117036795 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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