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

RICHARD J KNIGHT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1730111345
CMS profile
350287
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$102,597.73

  • Reported across 67 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$28,472.52

12 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $15,171.22 8
One Lambda, Inc. $13,277.67 3
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $23.63 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $6,890.95 7
PY2020 $3,642.52 5
PY2022 $28,090.16 18
PY2023 $35,501.58 25
PY2024 $28,472.52 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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

Program year 2024 2019202020222023 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
One Lambda, Inc. $1,025.15 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069832262 CMS
One Lambda, Inc. $452.52 05/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069832182 CMS
One Lambda, Inc. $11,800.00 05/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069832184 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $175.14 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591208 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $106.84 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591210 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $9,188.00 02/21/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591212 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $60.00 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591214 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $603.92 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591232 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $106.84 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591234 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $4,813.00 02/21/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591236 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $117.48 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139591238 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.63 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149604796 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
2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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