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

TRANG T NGUYEN

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1588984413
CMS profile
437101
Location
GARDEN GROVE, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$13,903.03

  • Reported across 39 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$12,004.53

21 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
Education $10,500.00 5
Consulting Fee $1,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $504.53 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $11,891.03 19
Align Technology, Inc. $113.50 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $500.00 1
PY2019 $27.00 1
PY2021 $644.21 6
PY2022 $578.58 5
PY2023 $148.71 5
PY2024 $12,004.53 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202120222023 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. $13.20 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153156061 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $100.30 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153156063 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $3.33 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774504 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $1,000.00 02/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774572 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $11.82 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774962 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $63.15 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774966 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $3.73 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124775488 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $74.93 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776708 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $15.12 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774866 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $18.27 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124775652 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $11.38 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776506 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $20.21 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776508 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $5,000.00 09/19/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774352 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $19.00 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776488 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $20.04 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124776490 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $113.38 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124773772 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $16.67 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124773898 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $1,666.67 10/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774400 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $1,666.67 11/25/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124774472 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $500.00 12/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124775058 CMS
LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC. $1,666.66 12/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124778064 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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