Covered recipient · General Payments record
BENNY WEKSLER
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
General Payments · PY2018–2024
$146,373.67
- Reported across 246 records
- CMS publication 2026-01-23
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 payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $6,770.00 | 4 |
| Consulting Fee | $3,742.50 | 2 |
| Education | $2,500.00 | 1 |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,489.19 | 9 |
| Food and Beverage | $2,130.64 | 28 |
By paying entity
PY2024 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $7,197.34 | 20 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $5,619.96 | 10 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $2,837.91 | 5 |
| AstraZeneca UK Limited | $1,342.50 | 1 |
| Acerta Pharma LLC | $197.30 | 2 |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $161.98 | 2 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | $123.50 | 1 |
| Olympus America Inc. | $109.04 | 2 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. | $42.80 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2024 (44)
Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by 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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