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

NAHEED KASSAM

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1356382469
CMS profile
333223
Location
DURHAM, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$33,070.70

  • Reported across 76 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$21,169.27

18 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alcon Laboratories Inc $20,729.62 11
CooperVision Inc. $204.33 3
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $105.97 2
OPTOS, INC. $95.04 1
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $34.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $147.56 6
PY2019 $654.01 9
PY2020 $103.19 3
PY2021 $1,734.06 4
PY2022 $2,025.85 11
PY2023 $7,236.76 25
PY2024 $21,169.27 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
Alcon Vision LLC $2,000.00 01/04/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524355 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $5,000.00 01/04/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524359 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $5,000.00 01/04/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524361 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $49.56 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110624541 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $24.43 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110624537 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $1,500.00 05/09/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524349 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $1,500.00 07/02/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524351 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $25.90 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110624539 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $129.73 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110624543 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $1,500.00 10/10/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524353 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $4,000.00 12/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110524357 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $24.02 08/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140416909 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $81.95 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140416911 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $78.09 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145497951 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $104.85 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145497963 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $21.39 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145497999 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $34.31 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077738577 CMS
Optos, Inc. $95.04 12/04/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141503294 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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