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

KENNETH LIGHTHEART

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1740290360
CMS profile
305608
Location
MEDFORD, OR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,359.76

  • Reported across 163 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$356.90

10 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 $356.90 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $923.37 70
PY2019 $464.83 62
PY2020 $74.69 3
PY2021 $185.03 10
PY2022 $49.05 2
PY2023 $305.89 6
PY2024 $356.90 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.69 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092745344 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.02 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092745346 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.43 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092745342 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $24.63 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101579425 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $114.96 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101579568 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $23.66 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078143399 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $66.83 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119462039 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $27.98 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087085898 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.13 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087085910 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13.57 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087085920 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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