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

THOMAS W SAMUELSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Ophthalmology

NPI
1265427918
CMS profile
56823
Location
MINNETONKA, MN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$422,803.66

  • Reported across 273 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$32,903.53

31 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
Consulting Fee $30,475.00 13
Food and Beverage $1,789.93 15
Travel and Lodging $638.60 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alcon Research LLC $13,259.97 7
GLAUKOS CORPORATION $9,495.82 8
Alcon Laboratories Inc $6,506.99 11
ABBVIE INC. $3,283.65 2
Sight Sciences, Inc. $357.10 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $60,075.19 48
PY2019 $66,506.36 61
PY2020 $46,179.07 28
PY2021 $27,681.44 29
PY2022 $140,617.70 32
PY2023 $48,840.37 44
PY2024 $32,903.53 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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. $3,250.00 01/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106011757 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $33.65 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106011759 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $113.71 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082190748 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $50.31 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082190746 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $263.48 06/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700707 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $332.47 06/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700709 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $8,500.00 06/20/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700715 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $1,000.00 07/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700711 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $3,000.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700713 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $42.65 01/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521651 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $107.74 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110587411 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $3,000.00 02/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521661 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $32.50 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110587409 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $650.00 06/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521655 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $332.99 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110587415 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $650.00 08/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521657 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $180.98 10/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110587413 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $1,000.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521659 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $10.13 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110587407 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $500.00 12/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521653 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $1,275.00 01/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151974079 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $307.31 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151994053 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $117.42 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151985522 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $1,700.00 03/13/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151974077 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $130.25 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151994055 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $5,100.00 05/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151974081 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $850.00 07/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151974075 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $15.84 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151988086 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $49.87 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151931413 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $102.94 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151931415 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $204.29 10/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151931417 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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