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

EMEKA A EZEOKEKE

Dental Providers Dentist General Practice

NPI
1962879973
CMS profile
1366652
Location
LUBBOCK, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$942.48

  • Reported across 19 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$699.15

15 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 $652.32 14
Honoraria $46.83 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Dentsply Sirona Inc $635.57 13
Benco Dental Supply Co. $46.83 1
3Shape Inc $16.75 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $155.47 3
PY2022 $87.86 1
PY2024 $699.15 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 20212022 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
3Shape Inc $16.75 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152318242 CMS
Benco Dental Supply Co. $46.83 11/22/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108493842 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $14.54 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516429 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $39.56 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516431 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $131.34 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516445 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $36.87 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516427 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $17.16 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516423 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $6.82 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516425 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $37.48 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516465 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $82.18 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516475 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $41.16 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516483 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $9.20 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516481 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $83.98 11/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516515 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $83.98 11/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516545 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $51.30 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123516539 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
2021, 2022, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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