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

MICHAEL DEFEE

Dental Providers Dentist General Practice

NPI
1306250451
CMS profile
456391
Location
WILMINGTON, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$38,919.59

  • Reported across 49 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$19,345.77

5 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TRUABUTMENT INC $15,772.22 2
Henry Schein, Inc. $3,500.00 2
Straumann USA LLC $73.55 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,417.59 16
PY2019 $1,294.81 11
PY2021 $47.48 1
PY2022 $65.50 3
PY2023 $16,748.44 13
PY2024 $19,345.77 5

Payment records · PY2024 (5)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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
Henry Schein, Inc. $1,500.00 02/21/2024 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127513683 CMS
Henry Schein, Inc. $2,000.00 07/16/2024 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127513699 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $73.55 10/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112019389 CMS
TruAbutment Inc. $10,772.22 07/10/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154760120 CMS
TruAbutment Inc. $5,000.00 09/04/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154760118 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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