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 BLAKE WEATHERSBY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1730182932
CMS profile
214872
Location
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,148.75

  • Reported across 182 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$992.32

39 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 $948.85 37
Education $43.47 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $482.62 29
PY2019 $648.70 27
PY2020 $236.01 10
PY2021 $187.88 15
PY2022 $617.81 26
PY2023 $983.41 36
PY2024 $992.32 39

Payment records · PY2024 (39)

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
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $29.78 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145828904 CMS
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC $24.61 09/16/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145833247 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.34 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125834503 CMS
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.47 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125834547 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.80 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117411680 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $28.25 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146713681 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.56 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104439881 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.83 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118130795 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $20.28 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141518901 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $19.84 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141524112 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $19.58 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141528793 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $21.36 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127026219 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $15.11 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145151753 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $23.08 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087440444 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.00 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096903555 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $27.09 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096930320 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $80.29 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154282399 CMS
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. $142.85 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154282401 CMS
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC $18.86 03/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112850842 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $28.64 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119002955 CMS
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. $27.24 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118840341 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $28.09 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149944346 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $10.62 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149944338 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $22.99 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149944342 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.79 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124036741 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $24.50 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124042599 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $17.15 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124033480 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $20.98 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124037052 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $23.59 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124041434 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $11.42 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124035900 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $26.02 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124043904 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.26 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124036303 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $15.68 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124045995 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.30 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124053426 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.93 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124051245 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $17.74 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124048531 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $15.76 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124055675 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $16.30 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124057136 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $27.34 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124067170 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
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OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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