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

DAVID LICHTENSTEIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1861479594
CMS profile
220764
Location
PHILADELPHIA, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$240,640.89

  • Reported across 278 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$28,868.78

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
Consulting Fee $21,715.00 14
Education $6,611.26 4
Food and Beverage $542.52 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $20,659.02 15
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $6,644.76 8
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation $1,565.00 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $79,317.88 84
PY2019 $43,581.24 49
PY2020 $12,805.00 8
PY2021 $26,501.51 26
PY2022 $39,937.18 72
PY2023 $9,629.30 14
PY2024 $28,868.78 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
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 01/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242450 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 01/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242452 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $170.31 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242446 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $144.62 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242444 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,050.00 03/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242460 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,100.00 03/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242462 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 04/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242454 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $194.09 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242448 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 06/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242456 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 08/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242458 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,125.00 08/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242464 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2,500.00 09/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242466 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2,875.00 11/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242470 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2,500.00 12/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242468 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4,000.00 12/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092242472 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $1.01 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435822 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $1.70 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435824 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $9.55 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435826 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $21.24 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435828 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $230.63 04/29/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435830 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $230.63 04/29/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435832 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $1,230.00 04/29/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435834 CMS
Olympus Corporation of the Americas $4,920.00 04/29/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110435836 CMS
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation $1,230.00 03/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099611940 CMS
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation $335.00 11/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1099611938 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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