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

MICHAEL H CHEN

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1568877496
CMS profile
493613
Location
SANTA CLARA, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$100,241.45

  • Reported across 29 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$32,769.80

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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $32,769.80 10

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Heru, Inc. $32,769.80 10

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $51,025.00 12
PY2019 $117.83 1
PY2021 $68.32 1
PY2022 $16,260.50 5
PY2023 $32,769.80 10

Payment records · PY2023 (10)

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

Program year 2023 2018201920212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Heru, Inc. $3,450.00 01/09/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102709 CMS
Heru, Inc. $3,544.00 04/24/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102711 CMS
Heru, Inc. $8,250.00 05/09/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102713 CMS
Heru, Inc. $1,525.00 06/01/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102715 CMS
Heru, Inc. $4,012.00 06/01/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102717 CMS
Heru, Inc. $745.89 06/16/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102719 CMS
Heru, Inc. $2,400.00 06/27/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102721 CMS
Heru, Inc. $279.00 08/11/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102723 CMS
Heru, Inc. $8,240.83 11/03/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102725 CMS
Heru, Inc. $323.08 11/17/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1061102727 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, 2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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