Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BENJAMIN F WALTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology

NPI
1427280007
CMS profile
802405
Location
BATON ROUGE, LA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$4,870.12

  • Reported across 143 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$888.84

18 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $888.84 18

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $358.45 15
PY2020 $278.11 13
PY2021 $1,246.91 29
PY2022 $766.68 32
PY2023 $751.78 20
PY2024 $579.35 16
PY2025 $888.84 18

Payment records · PY2025 (18)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $42.14 07/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1249129329 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $29.60 09/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1233594226 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $27.17 11/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1233594280 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $21.60 06/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1190410271 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $122.13 09/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1251517678 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $27.33 12/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1251517680 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $61.79 01/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218876888 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $126.59 02/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218876890 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $69.53 11/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218876892 CMS
Neurent Medical Limited $64.30 05/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1233273038 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $15.21 02/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1163261242 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $15.21 03/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1163261244 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $19.12 03/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213066872 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $17.97 05/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213066874 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $15.38 07/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213066876 CMS
SPIRAIR, INC. $54.19 04/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253018447 CMS
Stryker Corporation $41.51 02/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227998640 CMS
Stryker Corporation $118.07 06/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227998644 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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