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

BRETT D RINGGER

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist Corneal and Contact Management

NPI
1568440188
CMS profile
749800
Location
SHERMAN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,017.30

  • Reported across 17 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,867.07

15 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
Travel and Lodging $1,916.92 4
Food and Beverage $950.15 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
CooperVision Inc. $1,329.21 7
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $925.96 3
GLAUKOS CORPORATION $369.27 3
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $124.94 1
Alcon Laboratories Inc $117.69 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $50.23 1
PY2019 $100.00 1
PY2024 $2,867.07 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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

Program year 2024 20182019 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 $117.69 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110568552 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $124.94 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140313006 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $536.96 12/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148788344 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $264.00 12/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148788346 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $125.00 12/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148788348 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $90.00 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517806 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $990.96 08/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517832 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $73.50 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517814 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $17.75 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517834 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $17.75 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517836 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $49.25 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517838 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $90.00 09/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145517854 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $122.55 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151975172 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $151.59 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151993515 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $95.13 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151975170 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, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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