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

ROBERT A BENSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1962442954
CMS profile
361173
Location
ARDMORE, OK

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$1,112.82

  • Reported across 47 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$501.18

21 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

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $501.18 21

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $299.91 8
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $85.65 6
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $71.64 4
PFIZER INC. $16.13 1
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.78 1
Amarin Pharma Inc. $12.07 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $389.01 13
PY2019 $162.56 10
PY2020 $60.07 3
PY2021 $501.18 21

Payment records · PY2021 (21)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Amarin Pharma Inc. $12.07 05/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815283431 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $15.78 09/21/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 783468769 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.18 05/04/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 788864759 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $18.71 05/20/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 788864765 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.59 06/21/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 788864763 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $23.16 07/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 788864761 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.77 01/11/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815566473 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.43 02/24/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815658550 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $112.15 04/08/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815692693 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $6.91 04/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815699069 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.65 05/12/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 815745961 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $112.00 06/24/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827326123 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.63 09/03/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827326135 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.37 09/08/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 827326137 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12.71 04/07/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848498761 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $17.48 04/26/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848636863 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $15.92 04/28/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848666373 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $14.81 06/03/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848689043 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12.65 07/13/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848487541 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $12.08 10/06/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 848393765 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.13 10/25/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 833097793 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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