CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. reported $15,713,568.83 in payments to 89,341 physicians and teaching hospitals across 89,527 transactions.
- $15.7M
- Total payments
- 89,527
- Transactions
- 89,341
- Recipients
- +$3.6M
- General Payments vs PY2023
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. reported $15,713,568.83 in payments to 89,341 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #121 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $175.88 per recipient across 12 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.
Data currency: Figures are rendered from the processed CMS Open Payments release. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
The verdict
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. pairs top-10% payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.
- #121
- of 1,925 companies
- 0.1%
- of all US industry payments
- 0.1%
- paid to its single top recipient
- 12
- payment categories
Release-over-release change
General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments increased by $3.6M (+33.2%) 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 & LOMB AMERICAS INC.PY2023: BAUSCH & LOMB AMERICAS INC.PY2024: Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.
Subscribe to this company's source-bounded update feed It publishes only identifier-matched CMS release comparisons, never inferred company events.
General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024
Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total
- PY2023
- $10,822,776.57
- PY2024
- $14,412,437.33
How Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. 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 & Lomb Americas Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company
CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024
$15,713,569 Top 6% higher than 94% of 1,925 reporting companies
Each bar is a progressively wider band; taller bars hold more reporting companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Open Payments · 2024
What the Data Shows for Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Averaging $175.52 per transaction and $175.88 per recipient, Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.'s Program Year 2024 total comes to $15,713,568.83 across 89,527 transactions and 89,341 physicians and teaching hospitals. In the CMS Open Payments database that is good for rank #121 of 1,925 companies, representing 0.1% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.
The 12-category breakdown below covers general payments only (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately). The largest general-payment category is "Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education)" at $5.6M, accounting for 35.9% of the company's reported total and 2,109 transactions.
General Payment Breakdown by Type
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. made 12 types of general payments. "Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education)" is the largest category at $5.6M, 35.9% of the company's reported total.
How Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. divides its payments
Ranked by total dollars reported per category
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) | $5.6M | 2,109 | 35.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $3.2M | 80,866 | 20.2% |
| Consulting Fee | $2.0M | 759 | 12.9% |
| Royalty or License | $1.3M | 35 | 8.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1.2M | 5,008 | 7.5% |
| Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting | $887.2K | 90 | 5.6% |
| Grant | $164.0K | 8 | 1.0% |
| Space Rental or Facility Fees | $17.1K | 11 | 0.1% |
| Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan | $8.6K | 16 | 0.1% |
| Education | $6.7K | 434 | 0.0% |
| Charitable Contribution | $5.0K | 1 | 0.0% |
| Gift | $302.75 | 4 | 0.0% |
Recipient Concentration in General Payments
The five largest recipient relationships account for $2,119,658.47 (14.7%) of $14,412,437.33 in this company's General Payments records across 25,152 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 & Lomb Americas Inc.
The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company
- 1
Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary
$784,153.37 across 20 reported transactions
- 2
Richard Lindstrom
$382,916.05 across 6 reported transactions
- 3
Andrew Von Eschenbach
$349,987.42 across 26 reported transactions
- 4
Lisa Nijm
$340,763.16 across 85 reported transactions
- 5
Cathleen Mccabe
$261,838.47 across 70 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: $175.52. Average per recipient: $175.88.
Total Amount
$15,713,568.83
Avg per Transaction
$175.52
Avg per Recipient
$175.88
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 & Lomb Americas Inc. Share
0.1%
#121 by total payments
Companies with Similar Payment Volumes
Pharmaceutical companies with payment totals similar to Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much did Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
How many physicians received payments from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.? ▾
What types of payments did Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. make? ▾
How does Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
What is the average payment size from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.? ▾
Where does the payment data for Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. come from? ▾
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.
Disclaimer
This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the CMS Open Payments program. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainPharmaWatch is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-25.