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

KELLY K NICHOLS

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1558327817
CMS profile
1176252
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$252,229.82

  • Reported across 182 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$38,831.71

46 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 Research LLC $13,000.00 5
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $6,457.68 8
TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. $6,261.54 4
Sight Sciences, Inc. $3,575.00 5
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $2,528.24 6
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $2,084.85 8
Thea Pharma Inc. $1,940.03 2
ABBVIE INC. $1,563.72 3
TEARLAB CORP $1,000.00 1
TOPCON CORPORATION $238.37 1
Harrow Eye, LLC $106.17 2
Alcon Laboratories Inc $76.11 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $77,997.25 33
PY2019 $7,565.03 22
PY2020 $48,171.88 26
PY2021 $40,929.55 19
PY2022 $12,989.30 13
PY2023 $25,745.10 23
PY2024 $38,831.71 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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
ABBVIE INC. $38.72 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105124349 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $1,000.00 07/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105124351 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $525.00 11/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105124353 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $2,000.00 04/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700447 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $500.00 05/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700445 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $4,000.00 11/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700453 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $3,000.00 12/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700449 CMS
Alcon Research LLC $3,500.00 12/16/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089700451 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $76.11 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110599157 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $71.46 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385072 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $2,400.00 02/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385076 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1,200.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385074 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $750.00 04/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385066 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $143.53 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385078 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1,800.00 11/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385064 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $67.34 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385068 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $25.35 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140385070 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $56.46 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145610915 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $49.71 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145610917 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $1,000.00 01/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147412854 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $23.70 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147400344 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $500.00 06/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147401212 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $500.00 08/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147398760 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $500.00 09/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147398750 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $4.54 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147430787 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $550.00 06/10/2024 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 1151934413 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $1,100.00 07/03/2024 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 1151934415 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $825.00 08/09/2024 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 1151934417 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $550.00 10/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151934325 CMS
Sight Sciences, Inc. $550.00 11/21/2024 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 1151934419 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $125.15 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120878 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $150.06 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120880 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $39.39 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120882 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $12.27 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120884 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $525.00 09/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120886 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $132.47 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120888 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $50.51 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120890 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1,050.00 12/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139120892 CMS
TearLab Corp $1,000.00 04/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150243898 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $65.03 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543581 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $1,875.00 09/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074543583 CMS
TOPCON CORPORATION $238.37 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882088 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $57.04 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882704 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $4,500.00 11/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882030 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $1,485.95 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882032 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $218.55 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882034 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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