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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Bausch Health US, LLC

Bausch Health US, LLC reported $22,456,290.23 in payments to 9,197 physicians and teaching hospitals across 19,274 transactions.

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$22.5M
Total payments
19,274
Transactions
9,197
Recipients
+$77.5K
General Payments vs PY2023

Bausch Health US, LLC reported $22,456,290.23 in payments to 9,197 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #85 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.2% of all US industry payments), averaging $2.4K per recipient across 6 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

Bausch Health US, LLC pairs top-5% payment volume with a moderately concentrated payment pattern.

#85
of 1,925 companies
0.2%
of all US industry payments
0.6%
paid to its single top recipient
6
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Bausch Health US, LLC's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $77.5K (+13.8%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLCPY2023: BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLCPY2024: Bausch Health US, LLC. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$562.4KPY2024$640.0K
PY2023
$562,428.29
PY2024
$639,950.85

How Bausch Health US, LLC ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Bausch Health US, LLC's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$22,456,290 Top 4% higher than 96% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Below this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). This entry sits in this band. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Bausch Health US, LLC

In Program Year 2024, Bausch Health US, LLC reported $22,456,290.23 in payments to 9,197 physicians and teaching hospitals across 19,274 individual transactions, an average of $1.2K per transaction and $2.4K per recipient. That total places Bausch Health US, LLC at rank #85 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, representing 0.2% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

5 transactions worth $277.5K make "Honoraria" the top general-payment category in the 6-category breakdown below, 1.2% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Across 6 types of general payments, Bausch Health US, LLC's largest category was "Honoraria" at $277.5K - 1.2% of the company's reported total.

How Bausch Health US, LLC divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Honoraria$277.5K2. Food and Beverage$167.0K3. Compensation for Services…$100.0K4. Consulting Fee$92.9K5. Travel and Lodging$2.3K6. Education$253.05
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Honoraria $277.5K 5
Food and Beverage $167.0K 8,917
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $100.0K 4
Consulting Fee $92.9K 24
Travel and Lodging $2.3K 6
Education $253.05 241

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $452,621.26 (70.7%) of $639,950.85 in this company's General Payments records across 3,249 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Bausch Health US, LLC

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Amy Wechsler$380.2KJoseph Pergolizzi$40.5KAndrew Blumenfeld$16.3KPeter Kowey$10.8KDouglas Sears$4.9K
  1. 1

    Amy Wechsler

    $380,208.11 across 25 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Joseph Pergolizzi

    $40,460.00 across 2 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Andrew Blumenfeld

    $16,250.00 across 2 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Peter Kowey

    $10,800.00 across 2 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Douglas Sears

    $4,903.15 across 4 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $1.2K. Average per recipient: $2.4K.

Total Amount

$22,456,290.23

Avg per Transaction

$1.2K

Avg per Recipient

$2.4K

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Bausch Health US, LLC Share

0.2%

#85 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Bausch Health US, LLC pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.2% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Bausch Health US, LLC, totaling $22,456,290.23 across 19,274 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Bausch Health US, LLC? ▾
Averaging $2.4K per recipient, Bausch Health US, LLC's 2024 payments reached 9,197 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Bausch Health US, LLC make? ▾
General payments from Bausch Health US, LLC span 6 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Honoraria" at $277.5K, representing 1.2% of the company's reported total.
How does Bausch Health US, LLC rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Bausch Health US, LLC ranks #85 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Bausch Health US, LLC? ▾
In 2024, Bausch Health US, LLC averaged $1.2K per transaction across 19,274 transactions to 9,197 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Bausch Health US, LLC come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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