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 WAYNE LIGHT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery

NPI
1760463632
CMS profile
79364
Location
DECATUR, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,344.14

  • Reported across 164 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$745.13

25 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 $689.12 24
Education $56.01 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $231.12 16
PY2019 $297.70 18
PY2020 $218.72 13
PY2021 $479.49 22
PY2022 $754.25 41
PY2023 $617.73 29
PY2024 $745.13 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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
ABBVIE INC. $26.67 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104881841 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $114.58 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144652300 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $38.10 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692234 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $29.23 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692246 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $43.35 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692244 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $35.00 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692252 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $22.44 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692270 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $36.54 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692274 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $33.52 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139692282 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.60 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116272010 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.17 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116544878 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $21.23 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147247453 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.71 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119471573 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $22.88 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146367873 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $22.31 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146367875 CMS
Olympus America Inc. $17.95 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108489604 CMS
Optinose US, Inc. $21.90 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142167235 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $20.89 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114100995 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $19.42 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114100997 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $24.35 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114100999 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $23.02 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114101001 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $56.01 10/30/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114101003 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $21.39 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114101005 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $6.96 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114101007 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.91 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119895136 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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