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Optos, Inc. vs Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Optos, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,153, versus 572 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.2% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

Optos, Inc.
HHI 1,153 · top recipient 0.2%
Ranked #966 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
HHI 572 · top recipient 0.1%
Ranked #1,246 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Optos, Inc.

Total Payments
$585.3K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
2,911
Avg per Transaction
$201.06
Recipients
2,911
Avg per Recipient
$201.06
Payment Types
6
Top Payment Type
Debt Forgiveness
Total Payments
$585.9K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
1,270
Avg per Transaction
$461.33
Recipients
1,270
Avg per Recipient
$461.33
Payment Types
6
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Optos, Inc. vs Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Solta Medical, a division o…$585.9KOptos, Inc.$585.3K

Payment Types Breakdown

Optos, Inc.

Debt Forgiveness $395.2K

67.5%

Entertainment $166.3K

28.4%

Honoraria $18.0K

3.1%

Travel and Lodging $3.8K

0.7%

Consulting Fee $2.0K

0.3%

Food and Beverage $18.96

0.0%

Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC

Consulting Fee $346.4K

59.1%

Travel and Lodging $103.0K

17.6%

Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $96.1K

16.4%

Food and Beverage $35.9K

6.1%

Royalty or License $2.8K

0.5%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $1.8K

0.3%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Optos, Inc.

  1. 1

    ALAN WINKELSTEIN

    $122,817.72 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    MARK BENJAMIN

    $110,160.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    DAVID WICHNOSKI

    $107,239.28 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    GREGORY O'CONNOR

    $15,630.01 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    MOHAMMAD REZA RAFIEETARY

    $12,820.33 · 16 txns

Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC

  1. 1

    MATTHEW NYKIEL

    $82,279.49 · 31 txns

  2. 2

    MARK JEWELL

    $52,912.50 · 44 txns

  3. 3

    SEAN SATEY

    $50,470.37 · 19 txns

  4. 4

    NICOLE LEE

    $50,267.41 · 34 txns

  5. 5

    PAUL VANEK JR.

    $47,290.14 · 14 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Optos, Inc. Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
Total Payments $585.3K $585.9K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 2,911 1,270
Avg per Transaction $201.06 $461.33
Recipient Count 2,911 1,270
Avg per Recipient $201.06 $461.33
Payment Type Count 6 6
Top Payment Type Debt Forgiveness Consulting Fee

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. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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