RxDoctor Payments Data

Anne Brobst

Optometrist · Duluth, GANPI 1952450439

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 10 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $173 and has fallen 51.0% since, to $85 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for optometrist clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $813.

$344in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 10 payments — averaging $34.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Alcon$201
  • Alcon Research LLC$143
$1,247,571in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,207 payments — averaging $1033.61 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Alcon Research LLC$1.2M

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$344100%

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

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22

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Alcon4$201
Alcon Research LLC6$143

How this compares

$344 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 1,285 optometrist providers in Georgia.

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