Alexander Blandford, MD
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1699031948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 49 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $347 and has fallen 63.2% since, to $128 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $1,956.
Across 49 payments — averaging $25.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$237
- AbbVie$167
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$150
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$108
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$104
- Omeros Corporation$86
- plus $421 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,273100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $237 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $167 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Omeros Corporation | 4 | $86 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $64 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Rxsight Inc | 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
$1,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 37 ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Florida.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 175 | $5,949 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 533 | $4,908 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 34 | $753 |
| Latanoprost | 45 | $717 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 32 | $571 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 45 | $513 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 32 | $431 |
| Ofloxacin | 34 | $382 |
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $340 |
| Timolol Maleate | 26 | $321 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 30 | $232 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $109 |
| Lorazepam | 62 | $105 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Vero Beach
- John FezzaVenice$3.6M
- Wendy LeeMiami$616K
- Jennifer MurdockMiami$316K
- Ana VictoriaMiami$130K
- Keshini ParbhuWindermere$102K
- Sara WesterMiami$78K
- Robert ApplebaumLakeland$39K
- Yasaman MohadjerSt Petersburg$6K
- William MackTampa$5K
- Gil EpsteinPlantation$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.