Physician profile

Lori W Couch

Optometrist · Laurinburg, NC

NPI 1265438816

$381.70

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

14 companies · none reported in 2025

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$78.40

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
Shire North American Group INC $70.70 2019
Abbvie INC. $60.69 2023 Durysta, Alphagan P, Lumigan
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $38.32 2019-2020
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, INC. $36.52 2019-2021
Horizon Therapeutics Plc $34.76 2022-2023 Tepezza
Oyster Point Pharma, INC. $22.76 2022
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. $22.43 2019
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC $17.33 2019
Carl Zeiss Meditec, INC. $17.05 2021
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC. $14.59 2019
Sight Sciences, INC. $13.35 2022
Allergan, INC. $12.69 2020
Alcon Vision LLC $12.08 2022
Visioneering Technologies, INC. $8.43 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Lori W Couch

$381.70

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2023
Top company
Shire North American Group INC

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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.