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

WILLIAM T BESSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1790862753
CMS profile
127042
Location
AIKEN, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,679.57

  • Reported across 223 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$813.66

45 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 $813.66 45

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $320.25 26
PY2019 $224.17 17
PY2020 $361.98 22
PY2021 $857.55 50
PY2022 $498.90 29
PY2023 $603.06 34
PY2024 $813.66 45

Payment records · PY2024 (45)

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. $16.84 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317514 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.20 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317516 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.18 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317518 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.69 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317520 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.47 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317522 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.11 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317524 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.03 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317526 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $1.26 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317528 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.36 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317530 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.53 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317532 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.23 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317534 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.15 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317536 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.40 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317538 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $0.95 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317540 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.09 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103317542 CMS
Amgen Inc. $25.77 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115448910 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.15 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104758368 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $15.02 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105363285 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.99 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104613538 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $51.67 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104275839 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $11.71 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104400687 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.08 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104433389 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.27 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105867779 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.23 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104779630 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.98 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118157579 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.67 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092385902 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $13.86 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127676548 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $28.79 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089399849 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $30.65 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138865695 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $14.97 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114591435 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $19.03 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114591440 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $18.76 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114591443 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.16 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116302230 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $15.80 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116456313 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.72 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116359104 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $14.48 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140062722 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $28.68 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135517694 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $20.71 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135501780 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.79 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135517696 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $28.08 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145897136 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $20.56 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097663475 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.89 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097036173 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.84 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097666960 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.14 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151040186 CMS
Pulmonx Corporation $25.72 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087846084 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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