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

WESLEY S BENNETT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

NPI
1730166307
CMS profile
169934
Location
MERIDIAN, MS

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,878.65

  • Reported across 263 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$336.45

23 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 $336.45 23

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $931.24 45
PY2019 $854.96 33
PY2020 $808.09 34
PY2021 $1,130.20 54
PY2022 $1,975.29 42
PY2023 $842.42 32
PY2024 $336.45 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

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 $17.28 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104622380 CMS
CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. $20.85 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143852878 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $18.52 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127676416 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.28 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101784791 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.13 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101784821 CMS
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.26 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1081733903 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.12 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119456657 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.90 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704527 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.96 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704531 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.46 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704533 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.79 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704539 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.58 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704543 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $0.78 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704545 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.32 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704547 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.63 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704541 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.64 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704551 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.75 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704553 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $10.02 09/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704555 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $9.90 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704557 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $11.05 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704561 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $14.27 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704563 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.08 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086704567 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $30.88 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148087288 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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