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

ADAM T BENFIELD

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1629428149
CMS profile
10434681
Location
HICKORY, NC

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$1,355.82

  • Reported across 84 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$215.25

13 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 $215.25 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Novo Nordisk AS $61.40 4
Lilly USA, LLC $51.56 3
Organon LLC $26.59 1
DEXCOM, INC. $16.81 1
Astellas Pharma US Inc $16.21 1
ABBVIE INC. $15.29 1
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.20 1
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.19 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $291.49 24
PY2022 $299.11 18
PY2023 $549.97 29
PY2024 $215.25 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $15.29 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106512128 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $16.21 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139516289 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $16.81 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153345706 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.20 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114559404 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $17.87 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135494368 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $13.44 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135522851 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.25 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135489226 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.70 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100463350 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.19 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100618284 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.98 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100611652 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.53 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100388395 CMS
Organon Llc $26.59 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1136217847 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.19 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151148493 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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