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Optos, Inc. vs Meridian Bioscience 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?

Meridian Bioscience Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 2,110, versus 1,153 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 29.1% 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 21.0%
Ranked #966 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Meridian Bioscience Inc.
HHI 2,110 · top recipient 29.1%
Ranked #731 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
$577.0K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
249
Avg per Transaction
$2.3K
Recipients
246
Avg per Recipient
$2.3K
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Optos, Inc. vs Meridian Bioscience Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Optos, Inc.$585.3KMeridian Bioscience Inc.$577.0K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

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%

Meridian Bioscience Inc.

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $170.8K

98.3%

Food and Beverage $2.7K

1.5%

Royalty or License $225.00

0.1%

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

Meridian Bioscience Inc.

  1. 1

    Northshore University Healthsystem

    $50,524.00 · 24 txns

  2. 2

    Kaleida Health

    $44,690.00 · 41 txns

  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    $29,700.00 · 2 txns

  4. 4

    Uhs Hospitals

    $28,501.20 · 16 txns

  5. 5

    The University Of Texas Medical Br.

    $9,438.00 · 7 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Optos, Inc. Meridian Bioscience Inc.
Total Payments $585.3K $577.0K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 2,911 249
Avg per Transaction $201.06 $2.3K
Recipient Count 2,911 246
Avg per Recipient $201.06 $2.3K
Payment Type Count 6 3
Top Payment Type Debt Forgiveness Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting

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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