VIJAY BHAGIA

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General Payments — all program years on this page

$117,678.08

  • Category: General Payments
  • Program years: PY2018–2024
  • Record count: 127
  • As of (CMS publication): 2026-01-23

Latest program year (PY2024): $494.26 across 12 records · disputed records: 0

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How this figure is 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

Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $494.2612

By paying entity

Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.

Paying entityAmountRecords
Align Technology, Inc. $334.036
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $160.236

By program year

Program yearAmountRecords
2018 $4,458.8110
2019 $1,848.6513
2020 $26,491.7312
2021 $59,206.6333
2022 $21,159.6029
2023 $4,018.4018
2024 $494.2612

Records — PY2024 (12)

Record IDPaying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublishedSource
1124774712 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $12.16 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1124775592 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $94.13 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1124777110 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $17.24 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1124777540 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $11.80 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1148248722 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $9.45 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1148248740 LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $15.45 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207049 Align Technology, Inc. $20.84 10/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207051 Align Technology, Inc. $22.45 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207053 Align Technology, Inc. $25.44 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207055 Align Technology, Inc. $66.83 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207057 Align Technology, Inc. $99.10 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1153207059 Align Technology, Inc. $99.37 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS

Provenance & corrections

  • Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
  • Source: CMS Open Payments dataset (bulk file)
  • Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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