Aaron Gold
Optometrist · Plantation, FLNPI 1548412711
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 52.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,174 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $318 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 53 payments — averaging $162.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$5K
- Regeneron$2K
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$364
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$247
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$167
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$152
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,00858%
- Travel & lodging$88310%
- Food & beverage$2,73932%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $4,540 |
| Regeneron | 4 | $1,822 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $364 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $152 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $144 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Alcon | 1 | $93 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$8,630 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
Other optometrist in Plantation
- James HoffmanOrange Park$795K
- April JasperWest Palm Beach$553K
- Nora CothranLargo$505K
- Michael SluskyNorth Port$384K
- Katie SpearDefuniak Springs$361K
- Karen HoffmanOrange Park$282K
- Ashley RothMiami Beach$261K
- Jessica SteenDavie$256K
- Mark DunbarMiami$236K
- Robert DavisPembroke Pines$217K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.