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

JAMES P SCHERMAN

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1548574775
CMS profile
252021
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,710.87

  • Reported across 101 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$268.17

14 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 $268.17 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $182.01 11
CooperVision Inc. $48.65 1
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $22.42 1
Astellas Pharma US Inc $15.09 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $252.60 3
PY2019 $512.80 13
PY2020 $178.55 9
PY2021 $549.14 20
PY2022 $507.48 25
PY2023 $442.13 17
PY2024 $268.17 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
Astellas Pharma US Inc $15.09 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139438984 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $13.71 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359098 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $22.68 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359100 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $21.81 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359102 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.03 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359104 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $9.88 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359092 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.33 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359106 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $21.86 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359108 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.90 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359110 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $19.94 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359112 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $4.94 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359094 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $5.93 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140359096 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $48.65 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145493380 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $22.42 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152156352 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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