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

RICHARD P CHRISTOPH

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1528021284
CMS profile
159945
Location
TEMPLE, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,960.06

  • Reported across 68 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$982.48

17 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 $982.48 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $242.71 10
PY2019 $407.83 8
PY2020 $77.95 3
PY2021 $411.04 8
PY2022 $413.25 13
PY2023 $424.80 9
PY2024 $982.48 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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 $18.46 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110629674 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $15.80 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110629672 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $12.29 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110629670 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $149.56 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110629676 CMS
Astellas Pharma Global Development $150.00 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132965733 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $15.86 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140433614 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $16.02 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140433616 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $14.12 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140433618 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $143.08 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148754812 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $55.27 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145479886 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $16.55 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145479904 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $17.54 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756307 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $14.84 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077756317 CMS
LKC Technologies, Inc. $118.40 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087629575 CMS
LKC Technologies, Inc. $84.74 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087630353 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $124.74 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152194639 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.21 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139088914 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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