Physician profile

Harald Vaher

Optometrist · Belmont, NC

NPI 1669472528

$1,176.21

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

15 companies · $184 in 2025

The $184 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Optometrist provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$348.52

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC. $185.29 2019-2025
Coopervision INC. $164.60 2019-2024 Myday Contact Lens, Misight Contact Lens
Alcon Vision LLC $163.57 2019-2025 Precision7, Total30
Bausch & Lomb, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $160.07 2019-2021
Bausch & Lomb Americas INC. $154.47 2022-2025 Infuse, Vyzulta, Zylet
Dompe US, INC. $78.07 2022-2025 Oxervate
Allergan, INC. $57.47 2019-2021
Oyster Point Pharma, INC. $40.65 2022-2023 Tyrvaya
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $40.32 2020-2022
Maculogix, INC. $33.52 2019-2020
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. $26.44 2025
Thea Pharma INC. $21.07 2023
Shire North American Group INC $18.79 2019
Carl Zeiss Meditec, INC. $17.24 2020
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, INC. $14.64 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Harald Vaher

$1,176.21

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC.
Context
The $184 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Optometrist provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.