RxDoctor Payments Data

William Lightfoot

Periodontics · Hingham, MANPI 1629194063

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.8%), gifts and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by A-dec, Inc. at 31.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $14,172 and has fallen 65.3% since, to $4,923 in 2025. Among periodontics clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$37,698in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 215 payments — averaging $175.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • A-dec, Inc.$12K
  • Straumann USA LLC$8K
  • Thommen Medical USA, LLC$5K
  • Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.$4K
  • Dentsply Sirona Inc$2K
  • Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc.$1K
  • plus $4K from 11 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$6,40717%
  • Grants$1250%
  • Travel & lodging$2,3756%
  • Food & beverage$15,74542%
  • Education$2061%
  • Gifts$11,74331%
  • Entertainment$1,0963%

General payments by program year

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Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$37,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 243 periodontics providers in Massachusetts.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Amoxicillin216$504
Doxycycline Hyclate17$204
Clindamycin Hcl25$120

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other periodontics in Hingham

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Where these figures come from

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