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Covered recipient · General Payments record

PAULA R NEWSOME

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1225039993
CMS profile
327898
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$23,845.78

  • Reported across 218 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,921.17

63 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.

Related groups: Optometrist NC All categories

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,867.65 62
Entertainment $53.52 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $546.17 14
Alcon Laboratories Inc $243.69 3
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $220.41 8
ABBVIE INC. $176.52 11
Thea Pharma Inc. $147.89 13
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $123.50 1
Amgen Inc. $103.96 4
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. $99.33 2
LKC Technologies, Inc. $95.78 1
OPTOS, INC. $53.52 1
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $49.34 2
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $23.32 1
Dompe US, Inc. $20.40 1
CooperVision Inc. $17.34 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $12,165.72 59
PY2019 $604.91 19
PY2020 $150.24 8
PY2021 $351.24 18
PY2022 $463.70 16
PY2023 $8,188.80 35
PY2024 $1,921.17 63

Payment records · PY2024 (63)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $9.92 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114466 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $27.11 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114468 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.03 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114470 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.73 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114472 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.98 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114474 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.91 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114476 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.30 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114478 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.81 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114480 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.52 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114482 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.49 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114484 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $11.72 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105114486 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $147.42 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110608508 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $20.16 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110608504 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $76.11 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110608506 CMS
Amgen Inc. $29.81 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115967115 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.17 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115967124 CMS
Amgen Inc. $26.83 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115967134 CMS
Amgen Inc. $27.15 12/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115967142 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $22.68 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426174 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1.06 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426164 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $24.22 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426166 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $109.59 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426162 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $4.21 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426168 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $23.66 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426170 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $22.02 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426176 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $12.97 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140426172 CMS
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. $76.74 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153263428 CMS
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. $22.59 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153263426 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $17.34 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145503077 CMS
Dompe US, Inc. $20.40 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151413471 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $22.11 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077737975 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $27.23 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077737799 CMS
LKC Technologies, Inc. $95.78 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087630797 CMS
Optos, Inc. $53.52 09/13/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141504274 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $23.32 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147427715 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $123.50 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152190556 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $38.79 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120174 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $29.04 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120178 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $31.57 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120180 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28.48 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120182 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.49 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120184 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $7.85 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120186 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $5.73 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120188 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.77 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120190 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $100.38 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120192 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.90 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120194 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $81.75 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120196 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $47.29 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120198 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $34.38 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120200 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $88.75 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120202 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $9.41 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543457 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $6.50 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543459 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $4.93 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543461 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $12.63 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543463 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $9.21 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543465 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $10.87 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543467 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $8.79 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543469 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $8.36 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543471 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $19.89 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543473 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $11.33 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543475 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $10.33 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543477 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $26.85 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543479 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $8.79 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543481 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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