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 A BALLARD

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1528122397
CMS profile
890489
Location
BRENTWOOD, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,151.26

  • Reported across 61 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$624.92

10 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 $624.92 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alcon Laboratories Inc $309.54 5
Dompe US, Inc. $123.26 1
CooperVision Inc. $99.16 1
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $92.96 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $265.94 7
PY2019 $418.50 10
PY2020 $354.18 8
PY2021 $192.26 6
PY2022 $895.67 11
PY2023 $399.79 9
PY2024 $624.92 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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 $28.44 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110597670 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $13.76 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110597668 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $186.46 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110597676 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $32.79 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110597672 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $48.09 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110597674 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $99.16 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145491657 CMS
Dompe US, Inc. $123.26 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151414227 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $27.72 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077760479 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $28.69 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077760450 CMS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. $36.55 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077760489 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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