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

LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNIGHT

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1487738993
CMS profile
112934
Location
LOUISVILLE, KY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$24,536.34

  • Reported across 91 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,077.27

19 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
Travel and Lodging $2,280.01 2
Food and Beverage $722.26 16
Consulting Fee $75.00 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Forestadent USA, Inc. $2,500.80 7
Align Technology, Inc. $464.01 8
Envista Holdings Corporation $84.15 3
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $28.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11,175.67 20
PY2019 $5,296.52 10
PY2020 $1,576.58 6
PY2021 $1,807.86 12
PY2022 $877.12 10
PY2023 $725.32 14
PY2024 $3,077.27 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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. $20.60 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175196 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $22.12 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175198 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $39.24 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175202 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $75.00 03/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153238187 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $98.45 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175206 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $22.81 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175200 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $41.66 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175204 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $144.13 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153175208 CMS
Envista Holdings Corporation $25.56 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143718265 CMS
Envista Holdings Corporation $24.17 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143718267 CMS
Envista Holdings Corporation $34.42 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143718269 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $48.13 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111717089 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $54.33 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111747913 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $1,177.29 05/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154774424 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $40.30 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111747926 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $37.40 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111747936 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $1,102.72 08/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111748006 CMS
Forestadent USA, Inc. $40.63 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111748014 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $28.31 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776530 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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