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

BENJAMIN SCOTT FONTENOT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1508283813
CMS profile
4216212
Location
LAKE CHARLES, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,621.18

  • Reported across 524 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,053.56

46 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 $1,053.56 46

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,914.53 104
PY2019 $1,486.94 73
PY2020 $992.17 62
PY2021 $1,261.17 81
PY2022 $1,489.96 93
PY2023 $1,422.85 65
PY2024 $1,053.56 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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
Abbott Laboratories $22.15 02/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125100298 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.31 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125100300 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.94 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125100302 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.03 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125100304 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.76 08/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125100306 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.20 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103741189 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.67 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103741191 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.10 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103741193 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.07 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103741195 CMS
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC $23.39 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126635128 CMS
Amgen Inc. $18.49 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117252598 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.29 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117252600 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.73 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111576140 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.22 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117252602 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $14.47 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146458543 CMS
Antares Pharma, Inc. $23.86 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146458547 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $153.34 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105606485 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.52 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104743535 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.41 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104650175 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.23 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105626009 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.94 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104558144 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.73 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105337456 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.75 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104617508 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.85 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105328934 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.33 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104731041 CMS
Corium, LLC $6.35 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100147679 CMS
Corium, LLC $12.61 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100219635 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $16.28 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153285862 CMS
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. $14.61 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1129435008 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $27.68 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116577898 CMS
IRONSHORE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $16.58 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146248135 CMS
IRONSHORE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $14.16 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146310425 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $23.00 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136067350 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.94 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136011709 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $23.00 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136067137 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $21.57 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136067085 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.77 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086810119 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.46 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097011103 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $124.84 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097023880 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.63 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097796209 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $12.82 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097456310 CMS
PFIZER INC. $22.05 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132113879 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.14 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130891466 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $18.45 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150148707 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $16.66 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148851943 CMS
Tolmar, Inc. $17.18 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138718672 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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