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

KENJI W HIGUCHI

Dental Providers Dentist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

NPI
1598851487
CMS profile
208649
Location
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA

General Payments · PY2018–2019

$280,224.62

  • Reported across 106 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2019

$74,966.28

29 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

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

By paying entity

PY2019 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Nobel Biocare USA $74,966.28 29

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $205,258.34 77
PY2019 $74,966.28 29

Payment records · PY2019 (29)

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

Program year 2019 2018 Record-level detail is published for PY2019; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Nobel Biocare USA $10,000.00 01/02/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532035 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $10,000.00 01/02/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532037 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $10,000.00 01/02/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532039 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $4,000.00 01/02/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532041 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $63.00 04/02/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532043 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $742.00 04/23/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532045 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $112.00 06/26/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532047 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $961.00 06/26/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532049 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $568.00 06/26/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532051 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $68.00 07/16/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532053 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $41.33 07/17/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532055 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $10,000.00 07/17/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532057 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $2,500.00 07/17/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532059 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $48.44 07/17/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532061 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $355.74 07/17/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532063 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $2,293.54 07/17/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532065 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $4,449.00 08/19/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532067 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $17.80 08/19/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532069 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $5,399.23 08/19/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532071 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $45.67 10/02/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532073 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $25.33 10/03/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532075 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $44.04 10/03/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532077 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $5,000.00 10/03/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532079 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $9.91 10/03/2019 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532081 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $229.25 10/03/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532083 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $5,000.00 10/04/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532085 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $2,500.00 10/04/2019 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532087 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $292.50 10/04/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532089 CMS
Nobel Biocare USA $200.50 10/04/2019 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 705532091 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2019_P01232026_01102026.csv

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