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 D KIES

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1356859359
CMS profile
10733155
Location
ERIE, PA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$1,703.26

  • Reported across 57 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$566.47

25 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 $566.47 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $154.34 5
PY2022 $637.18 16
PY2023 $345.27 11
PY2024 $566.47 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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 $23.48 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125018921 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $26.19 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125018927 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $24.55 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863920 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $64.98 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132888758 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.56 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307298 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.60 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307316 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.17 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307312 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.47 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307314 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.22 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307308 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.89 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307310 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.08 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307300 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.50 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307304 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.71 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307302 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.05 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307306 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.66 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092307318 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $20.83 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101419459 CMS
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. $89.27 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100401782 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $13.87 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078148923 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.04 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078149483 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.67 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116938389 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.12 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116938391 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.28 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116938393 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.61 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100579222 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $4.99 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571987 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $14.68 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080572115 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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