Joseph Locascio
Ophthalmology · Huntington, WVNPI 1760421556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 92 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $489 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $15 in 2023.
Across 92 payments — averaging $18.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$202
- Johnson & Johnson$197
- AstraZeneca$131
- Novo Nordisk$116
- Amgen$110
- Bausch Health US, LLC$102
- plus $857 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,716100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $202 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 16 | $197 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $131 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $116 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $110 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $96 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $79 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $47 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Alcon | 2 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biogen | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,716 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 85 ophthalmology providers in West Virginia.
Other ophthalmology in Huntington
- Vishal VermaHuntington$159K
- Stephanie SkolikHuntington$2K
- Dina BlomHuntington$1K
- Russell FryHuntington$935
- Christian WarnerHuntington$878
- Anthony RealiniMorgantown$410K
- Joseph SinclairCharleston$9K
- Brian GriffithCharleston$9K
- Stephen CassisMadison$8K
- Jason LudlowCharleston$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.