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

PAUL J SHLAFER

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1154327757
CMS profile
822888
Location
EDINA, MN

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$675.91

  • Reported across 24 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$300.03

9 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $300.03 9

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $174.48 6
CooperVision Inc. $109.12 2
Alcon Laboratories Inc $16.43 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $125.97 3
PY2020 $15.49 1
PY2021 $120.18 6
PY2022 $114.24 5
PY2023 $300.03 9

Payment records · PY2023 (9)

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

Program year 2023 2018202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Alcon Vision LLC $16.43 03/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 995947111 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $38.46 06/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1043850285 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $70.66 06/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1043850293 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $21.58 02/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991088481 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $30.24 03/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991088495 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $2.97 04/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991088491 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $6.62 05/16/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991088487 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $107.92 06/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 991088485 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $5.15 09/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080721763 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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