Allison McKelvey
Optometrist · Homewood, ALNPI 1033601414
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.4% of the total across 144 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. at 39.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $964, 2.9 times the $337 reported in 2019.
Across 144 payments — averaging $25.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$1K
- Alcon$512
- AbbVie$247
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$195
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$181
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$178
- plus $938 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,61597%
- Education$983%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 57 | $1,462 |
| Alcon | 18 | $512 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $247 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $195 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $181 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 9 | $178 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $66 |
| Novartis | 4 | $59 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$3,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 749 optometrist providers in Alabama.
Other optometrist in Homewood
- Bonnie-Kim SchwertzHomewood$34K
- Mark SchaefferHoover$470K
- Kelly NicholsBirmingham$231K
- Benjamin KachelmanFlorence$101K
- Neena JamesHuntsville$74K
- Tracey Schroeder SwartzHuntsville$69K
- Jack SchaefferHoover$60K
- Leo SemesBirmingham$60K
- Brooke KaplanMountain Brk$54K
- Patricia FulmerHuntsville$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.