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 FOLK

NPI
1629010012
CMS profile
118460
Location
LAKE VILLAGE, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,182.23

  • Reported across 198 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$280.35

16 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 $280.35 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $439.20 31
PY2019 $426.39 31
PY2020 $547.24 30
PY2021 $592.57 34
PY2022 $391.36 25
PY2023 $505.12 31
PY2024 $280.35 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.48 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110555118 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.88 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092477389 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.96 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092477387 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.29 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081723671 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.82 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081723673 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.51 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900241 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $8.59 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900243 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.14 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900245 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.63 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900251 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.92 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900253 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.23 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900255 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.92 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900263 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.42 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086900271 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $16.14 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132270685 CMS
SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC. $14.22 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132292985 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $20.20 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149452966 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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