How Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program, accounting for $5.6M across 2,109 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 80,763 meals averaging $39 each.
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program
2,109 payments, avg $3K
Food and Beverage
80,763 payments, avg $39
Consulting Fee
757 payments, avg $3K
Travel and Lodging
4,986 payments, avg $233
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
81 payments, avg $9K
Royalty or License
31 payments, avg $17K
Grant
8 payments, avg $21K
Long term medical supply or device loan
16 payments, avg $536
Education
434 payments, avg $15
Charitable Contribution
1 payments, avg $5K
Gift
4 payments, avg $76
Where the Money Goes
Florida received the most from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.: $1.6M across 1,823 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. Target?
Optometrist doctors received the most from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.: $6.9M across 17,744 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Ophthalmology · Bloomington, MN
Ophthalmology · Springfield, IL
Urology · Montgomery, TX
Ophthalmology · Bradenton, FL
Optometrist · Raleigh, NC
Optometrist · Charlotte, NC
Optometrist · Glens Falls, NY
Optometrist · Orange Park, FL
Optometrist · Jacksonville, FL
Ophthalmology · Baltimore, MD
Ophthalmology · Nashville, TN
Ophthalmology · Oceanside, NY
Optometrist · Edmond, OK
Optometrist · Champaign, IL
Ophthalmology · Newport Beach, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. paid to doctors?
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. made 89,190 payments totaling $13.4M to 25,118 healthcare providers. The average payment was $150 and the largest single payment was $240K.
What types of payments does Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. make?
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.'s payments include compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program ($5.6M), food and beverage ($3.2M), consulting fee ($2.0M). They provided 80,763 meals to doctors, averaging $39 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.?
The top recipient is Richard Lindstrom (Ophthalmology), who received $371K across 4 payments.
Are these payments legal?
Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.
Where does this data come from?
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.
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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.