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

WILLIAM BENITZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

NPI
1174614754
CMS profile
595826
Location
PALO ALTO, CA

General Payments · PY2018

$5,692.88

  • Reported across 12 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2018

$5,692.88

12 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

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $4,400.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,039.14 7
Food and Beverage $253.74 4

By paying entity

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $5,692.88 12

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $5,692.88 12

Payment records · PY2018 (12)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2018
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $474.26 11/21/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613304631 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $122.83 12/04/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613159511 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.99 12/04/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 616776145 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $86.00 12/05/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 613249831 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $315.69 12/05/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613253621 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.40 12/06/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 613273921 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.94 12/06/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 613294743 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $33.15 12/10/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613206831 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $51.25 12/10/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613259785 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $33.97 12/20/2018 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 613225193 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $126.40 12/20/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 613234251 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $4,400.00 12/20/2018 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 613307233 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2018_P01232026_01102026.csv

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