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

JOSEPH J MCGOWAN

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1740255215
CMS profile
441434
Location
AUSTIN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,034.21

  • Reported across 59 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,064.78

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 $747.84 12
Travel and Lodging $316.94 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alcon Laboratories Inc $658.17 5
CooperVision Inc. $190.13 3
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $172.38 4
Astellas Pharma US Inc $29.34 1
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $14.76 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $241.00 7
PY2019 $628.76 13
PY2020 $169.64 4
PY2021 $345.17 11
PY2022 $230.59 7
PY2023 $354.27 3
PY2024 $1,064.78 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
Alcon Vision LLC $48.71 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521387 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $268.23 02/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110521389 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $311.26 02/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110585647 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $18.05 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110585645 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $11.92 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110585643 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $29.34 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139425167 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $16.43 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140376551 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $13.18 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140376553 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $17.77 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140376555 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $125.00 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140376557 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $108.23 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145485842 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $79.07 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145485890 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $2.83 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145485906 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $14.76 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147437605 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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