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Southern Implants North America Inc vs Oculus Surgical Inc.

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?

Oculus Surgical Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 3,851, versus 1,661 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.5% 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.

Southern Implants North America Inc
HHI 1,661 · top recipient 0.4%
Ranked #824 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Oculus Surgical Inc.
HHI 3,851 · top recipient 0.5%
Ranked #462 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$127.2K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
324
Avg per Transaction
$392.53
Recipients
324
Avg per Recipient
$392.53
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Honoraria
Total Payments
$127.1K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
72
Avg per Transaction
$1.8K
Recipients
72
Avg per Recipient
$1.8K
Payment Types
4
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Southern Implants North America Inc vs Oculus Surgical Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Southern Implants North Ame…$127.2KOculus Surgical Inc.$127.1K

Payment Types Breakdown

Southern Implants North America Inc

Honoraria $43.0K

33.8%

Education $30.1K

23.6%

Travel and Lodging $29.9K

23.5%

Food and Beverage $15.8K

12.5%

Consulting Fee $8.3K

6.6%

Oculus Surgical Inc.

Royalty or License $122.5K

96.4%

Food and Beverage $3.3K

2.6%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $1.3K

1.0%

Entertainment $28.78

0.0%

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.

Southern Implants North America Inc

  1. 1

    STEPHEN CHU

    $45,296.42 · 6 txns

  2. 2

    NICHOLAS EGBERT

    $15,387.17 · 12 txns

  3. 3

    BARRY LEVIN

    $12,088.48 · 6 txns

  4. 4

    CARL DRAGO

    $8,350.00 · 3 txns

  5. 5

    MARK STEINBERG

    $7,507.24 · 5 txns

Oculus Surgical Inc.

  1. 1

    TAREK HASSAN

    $68,172.09 · 6 txns

  2. 2

    JEFFREY BENNER

    $33,920.00 · 3 txns

  3. 3

    IQBAL AHMED

    $20,631.23 · 5 txns

  4. 4

    MARIA BERROCAL FERNANDEZ

    $850.00 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    KHURRAM CHAUDHARY

    $450.00 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Southern Implants North America Inc Oculus Surgical Inc.
Total Payments $127.2K $127.1K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 324 72
Avg per Transaction $392.53 $1.8K
Recipient Count 324 72
Avg per Recipient $392.53 $1.8K
Payment Type Count 5 4
Top Payment Type Honoraria Royalty or License

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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