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

STEVEN LAI

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1871657379
CMS profile
1014655
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,020.60

  • Reported across 101 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,662.14

18 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 $1,334.10 16
Entertainment $328.04 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $402.81 8
PY2019 $479.89 12
PY2020 $134.82 2
PY2021 $1,501.95 23
PY2022 $1,212.45 19
PY2023 $2,626.54 19
PY2024 $1,662.14 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
ABB Con-Cise Optical Group LLC $69.13 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089751501 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $138.94 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638570 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $100.00 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638564 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $125.00 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638566 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $11.33 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638556 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $23.27 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638560 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $31.88 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638562 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $21.48 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638558 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $130.39 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110638568 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $125.00 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140453248 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $102.36 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140453244 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.09 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140453246 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $101.69 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145477872 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $49.51 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145477862 CMS
LKC Technologies, Inc. $165.85 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087629325 CMS
Optos, Inc. $160.39 09/10/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141503530 CMS
Optos, Inc. $167.65 09/11/2024 Entertainment Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141503532 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $118.18 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152204835 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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