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

BENJAMIN I SHEPPLE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1083848733
CMS profile
1296844
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,239.08

  • Reported across 105 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$653.40

24 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 $653.40 24

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,271.83 21
PY2019 $298.67 16
PY2020 $121.91 7
PY2021 $49.83 3
PY2022 $464.63 16
PY2023 $378.81 18
PY2024 $653.40 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
ABIOMED $125.29 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142232594 CMS
ABIOMED $28.46 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142232596 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.11 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471877 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $118.54 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138614655 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $14.87 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101665176 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $47.91 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148110596 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $32.22 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148110600 CMS
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. $19.61 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127582125 CMS
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. $22.33 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127581397 CMS
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. $16.49 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127580790 CMS
LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC. $16.42 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127580490 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.50 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175007 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.63 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175001 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.13 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175003 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.87 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175009 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $12.96 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175023 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.45 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175017 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.07 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175019 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.70 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175021 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.78 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175025 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.45 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175029 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.76 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175031 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.37 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087175033 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.48 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131177283 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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