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

TIMOTHY PAUL KAO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Ophthalmology

NPI
1407140031
CMS profile
2785658
Location
COLUMBUS, GA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$2,103.81

  • Reported across 74 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$656.88

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

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $656.88 18

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alcon Laboratories Inc $206.99 3
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $191.80 7
Amgen Inc. $168.77 4
ABBVIE INC. $69.80 3
Thea Pharma Inc. $19.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $148.78 8
PY2020 $121.04 7
PY2021 $164.61 11
PY2022 $267.58 14
PY2023 $744.92 16
PY2024 $656.88 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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. $19.09 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104029531 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $26.52 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104029533 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.19 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104029535 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $21.30 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110641545 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $58.04 09/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110641547 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $127.65 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110641549 CMS
Amgen Inc. $21.02 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786842 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.31 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786852 CMS
Amgen Inc. $100.98 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786860 CMS
Amgen Inc. $24.46 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115786869 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $31.09 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106669 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.62 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106671 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $38.76 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106673 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $10.90 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106675 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $34.83 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106677 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.49 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106679 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $26.11 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139106681 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $19.52 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074541933 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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