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

JOHN M WACHTEL

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1487169520
CMS profile
1314225
Location
SCOTTSDALE, AZ

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,101.80

  • Reported across 62 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$928.49

23 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 $869.08 22
Gift $59.41 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $441.13 13
PY2019 $88.86 3
PY2020 $18.27 1
PY2021 $82.25 5
PY2022 $366.22 8
PY2023 $176.58 9
PY2024 $928.49 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Align Technology, Inc. $7.50 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153216945 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $19.20 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147480 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $13.71 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147474 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $124.68 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147486 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $19.91 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147482 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $148.71 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147488 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $282.08 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147490 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $8.71 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147472 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $23.90 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147484 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $17.35 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147476 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $59.41 11/03/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153242371 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $18.90 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153147478 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $10.00 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113937335 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $7.12 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113939405 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $7.00 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113944017 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $8.00 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113950040 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $17.54 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774684 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $15.95 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124775436 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $16.83 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124777164 CMS
Solventum Corporation $21.84 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144058776 CMS
Solventum Corporation $19.93 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144058774 CMS
World Class Technology Corporation $34.14 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133244964 CMS
World Class Technology Corporation $26.08 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133244966 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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