Physician profile

Paul J Dougherty

Ophthalmology · Westlake Village, CA

NPI 1083744775

$5,767.22

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

19 companies · $2,827 in 2025

The $2,827 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Ophthalmology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $384).

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)
Consulting Fee$1,800.00
Food and Beverage$1,697.61
Honoraria$32.44
Entertainment$16.89

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
Lensar, INC. $2,497.15 2025 Lensar Laser System
Glaukos Corporation $529.87 2019-2025 Idosetr
Alcon Vision LLC $459.58 2019-2025 Clareon, Clareon Panoptix Pro, Argos
Staar Surgical Company $335.48 2019
Rxsight INC $287.37 2024-2025 Rxsight Contact Lens, Light Adjustable Lens (Lal), Rxsight Injector Cartridge
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC. $267.67 2023 Acuvue
Bausch & Lomb, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $262.18 2019-2020
New World Medical,INC. $218.69 2022
Sight Sciences, INC. $214.85 2020-2022
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $164.56 2020-2022
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $150.00 2020
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, INC. $100.36 2019-2021
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. $100.00 2020-2022
Allergan, INC. $61.19 2020-2022
Biotissue Holdings INC. $39.80 2020-2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Dompe US, INC. $33.83 2022
Optos, INC. $16.89 2024 Panoramic Ophthalmoscope, Oct Ophthalmoscope, Nfc-700
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.59 2022
Abb Con-Cise Optical Group LLC $13.16 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

Paul J Dougherty

$5,767.22

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Lensar, INC.
Context
The $2,827 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Ophthalmology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $384).

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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.