Covered recipient · General Payments record
MELVIN W LIGHTFORD
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine
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General Payments · PY2025
$1,719.54
81 records · 0 disputed
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By nature of payment
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,719.54 | 81 |
By paying entity
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Acerta Pharma LLC | $295.28 | 7 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $269.15 | 12 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $261.68 | 16 |
| PFIZER INC. | $164.97 | 9 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | $145.78 | 8 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $121.15 | 10 |
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $110.84 | 5 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | $94.97 | 3 |
| CeQur Corporation | $64.87 | 1 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | $57.14 | 3 |
| Exact Sciences Corporation | $51.02 | 3 |
| SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC | $23.41 | 1 |
| ITI, Inc. | $22.63 | 1 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | $19.30 | 1 |
| ABBVIE INC. | $17.35 | 1 |
Payment records · PY2025 (81)
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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 and profile matching
- 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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Cite this record.
Permalink https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1467494591
- Plain
- MELVIN W LIGHTFORD, NPI 1467494591. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1467494591.
- APA 7
- IndustryPayments. (2026). MELVIN W LIGHTFORD, NPI 1467494591 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1467494591
- Bluebook
- MELVIN W LIGHTFORD, NPI 1467494591, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1467494591.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.