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

JACK L SCHAEFFER

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1598730582
CMS profile
607658
Location
HOOVER, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$62,117.12

  • Reported across 116 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$7,650.01

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
Consulting Fee $6,625.00 4
Food and Beverage $1,025.01 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. $2,029.00 2
Thea Pharma Inc. $1,940.03 2
TEARLAB CORP $1,750.00 1
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1,150.88 4
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $428.07 3
TOPCON CORPORATION $238.37 1
Harrow Eye, LLC $113.66 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $16,808.05 33
PY2019 $18,706.22 22
PY2020 $7,038.02 7
PY2021 $3,029.40 13
PY2022 $4,487.49 16
PY2023 $4,397.93 10
PY2024 $7,650.01 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $71.46 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140355680 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1,000.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140355682 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $30.62 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140355686 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $48.80 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140355684 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $63.95 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145614234 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $49.71 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145614236 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $125.15 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139130136 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $150.06 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139130138 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $152.86 03/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139130140 CMS
TearLab Corp $1,750.00 03/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150243818 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $65.03 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074544521 CMS
Thea Pharma Inc. $1,875.00 11/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1074544523 CMS
TOPCON CORPORATION $238.37 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882094 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $2,000.00 05/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145881864 CMS
Topcon Healthcare, Inc. $29.00 10/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145882524 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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