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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. reported $8,282,293.42 in payments to 2,676 physicians and teaching hospitals across 2,709 transactions.

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$8.3M
Total payments
2,709
Transactions
2,676
Recipients
+$63.4K
General Payments vs PY2023

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. reported $8,282,293.42 in payments to 2,676 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #205 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $3.1K per recipient across 4 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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The verdict

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. pairs top-quartile payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#205
of 1,925 companies
0.1%
of all US industry payments
0.1%
paid to its single top recipient
4
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments increased by $63.4K (+14.2%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC.PY2023: LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC.PY2024: LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTICS, INC.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$447.9KPY2024$511.3K
PY2023
$447,864.91
PY2024
$511,293.42

How Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$8,282,293 Top 11% higher than 89% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Below this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). This entry sits in this band. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. ranks #205 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for Program Year 2024, a comparatively small 0.1% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. The underlying total is $8,282,293.42 across 2,709 transactions to 2,676 physicians and teaching hospitals - $3.1K per transaction and $3.1K per recipient on average.

Of the 4 general-payment categories charted below, "Consulting Fee" is the largest at $179.9K across 80 transactions, 2.2% of the company's reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Consulting Fee" leads Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.'s 4-category general-payment breakdown at $179.9K, 2.2% of the reported total.

How Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Consulting Fee$179.9K2. Education$171.7K3. Food and Beverage$122.1K4. Compensation for Services…$37.6K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $179.9K 80
Education $171.7K 77
Food and Beverage $122.1K 2,472
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $37.6K 47

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $234,947.66 (46.0%) of $511,293.42 in this company's General Payments records across 1,245 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Jacquelyn Rae Schieck$71.6KAlexander Waldman$57.7KMohammad R Razavi$40.6KBryan Allen Lockhart$39.1KTodd Welsh$25.9K
  1. 1

    Jacquelyn Rae Schieck

    $71,607.34 across 40 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Alexander Waldman

    $57,743.76 across 34 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Mohammad R Razavi

    $40,585.57 across 12 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Bryan Allen Lockhart

    $39,120.58 across 17 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Todd Welsh

    $25,890.41 across 40 reported transactions

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Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $3.1K. Average per recipient: $3.1K.

Total Amount

$8,282,293.42

Avg per Transaction

$3.1K

Avg per Recipient

$3.1K

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. Share

0.1%

#205 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

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$8.4M 4,847 recipients

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $8,282,293.42 from Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. to physicians and hospitals across 2,709 transactions - 0.1% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.? ▾
Averaging $3.1K per recipient, Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.'s 2024 payments reached 2,676 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. make? ▾
General payments from Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. span 4 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $179.9K, representing 2.2% of the company's reported total.
How does Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. ranks #205 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.? ▾
Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.'s 2,709 transactions to 2,676 recipients in 2024 averaged $3.1K per transaction.
Where does the payment data for Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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