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Covered recipient · General Payments record

DENNIS R LESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1649657347
CMS profile
4218024
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,870.95

  • Reported across 105 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$953.93

53 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 $953.93 53

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $466.58 30
PY2019 $230.10 13
PY2020 $29.32 1
PY2022 $24.17 1
PY2023 $166.85 7
PY2024 $953.93 53

Payment records · PY2024 (53)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 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. $22.00 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164134 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.72 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164136 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.60 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164138 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.23 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164140 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.08 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164142 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.89 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164144 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.17 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164146 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.66 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164148 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $34.02 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104164150 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $20.10 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139321554 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $20.93 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153296134 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $15.45 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114755091 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.99 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116219108 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.11 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116493474 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.87 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116067029 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $11.46 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116374586 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.13 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116717673 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $12.06 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116361493 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $17.07 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116563286 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $1.52 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116303097 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $21.33 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116645282 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $12.51 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116380762 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.91 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087141834 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.12 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087141842 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $19.19 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087141844 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.15 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087141848 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $5.49 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096940127 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.40 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096808356 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $1.25 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096894429 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $13.72 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096608146 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $24.08 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097699825 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.90 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097284462 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.77 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097721448 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.10 10/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096963461 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $26.70 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096963051 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $22.97 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097044615 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.42 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096881513 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $15.94 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096709488 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.56 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096770984 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.60 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131582909 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.59 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131667588 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.32 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131768513 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.55 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131894986 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.50 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151088315 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $21.68 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153586162 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $22.49 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153516868 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.54 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153473259 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.44 12/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153530259 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $16.44 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148881034 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $18.28 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148881036 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.65 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144592562 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.04 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144592566 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.24 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144592564 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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