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

MELANIE ANN BENNETT SIMS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Ophthalmology

NPI
1982896106
CMS profile
505392
Location
BALTIMORE, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,314.48

  • Reported across 53 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$339.78

17 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 $339.78 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,197.14 8
PY2019 $92.40 6
PY2020 $49.07 2
PY2022 $138.53 9
PY2023 $497.56 11
PY2024 $339.78 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $15.70 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103308802 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.11 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103308804 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $18.17 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110569478 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.73 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115446809 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.83 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140408674 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $20.06 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140408676 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $17.81 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140408678 CMS
Dompe US, Inc. $15.94 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151411183 CMS
Dompe US, Inc. $19.17 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151411185 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $22.41 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145598168 CMS
Harrow Eye, LLC $23.28 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145598171 CMS
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $16.15 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145050010 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $17.91 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147415292 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $21.71 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147415926 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $23.68 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152181434 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $30.91 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152181436 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $15.21 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139082195 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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