Benjamin Smith
Optometrist · Liverpool, NYNPI 1326665944
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 99 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 47.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,333, more than ten times the $95 reported in 2020. Among optometrist clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 99 payments — averaging $49.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$424
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$352
- Coopervision Inc.$247
- Dompe US, Inc.$225
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$197
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,870100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 46 | $2,304 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 8 | $424 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $352 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 7 | $247 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $225 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 6 | $197 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $186 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $138 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $111 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $77 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $47 |
| Novartis | 3 | $44 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
- Precision 1$539
- SIMBRINZA$258
- Rocklatan$258
- Rhopressa$258
- Precision7$256
- DAILIES$143
- DAILIES TOTAL1$129
- EYSUVIS$125
- MIEBO$122
- XIIDRA$122
- TOTAL30$122
- TRYPTYR$122
- INFUSE$121
- TEPEZZA$113
- MiSight Contact Lens$105
- VYZULTA$104
How this compares
$4,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,743 optometrist providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 58 | $600 |
| Timolol Maleate | 19 | $257 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Liverpool
- Roy KlineLake Katrine$822K
- Susan ResnickNew York$463K
- Murray FingeretHewlett$374K
- Albert MorierSlingerlands$347K
- Denise WhittamNew York$343K
- Justin BazanBrooklyn$303K
- Jennifer TsaiNew York$275K
- Alexander KabiriQueens Village$268K
- Sophia VisanjiNew York$233K
- Jason ComptonNew York$181K
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.