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

MARK R HESTER

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1740264837
CMS profile
124044
Location
KENNESAW, GA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,471.36

  • Reported across 72 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$391.66

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 $377.16 13
Entertainment $14.50 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $177.36 7
Alcon Laboratories Inc $137.76 3
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.85 1
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $20.73 1
CooperVision Inc. $20.46 1
OPTOS, INC. $14.50 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $431.57 19
PY2019 $915.04 16
PY2020 $239.79 5
PY2021 $36.75 2
PY2022 $287.86 10
PY2023 $168.69 6
PY2024 $391.66 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 $119.41 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110574295 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $11.92 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110574293 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $6.43 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110574291 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.85 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140403106 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $20.73 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148780085 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $20.46 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145478392 CMS
Optos, Inc. $14.50 06/24/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141502836 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.84 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102861 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $39.39 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102863 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $23.63 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102865 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.97 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102867 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $25.55 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102869 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.34 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102871 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $27.64 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139102873 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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