Brett Prate
Optometrist · Laurel Springs, NJNPI 1376985481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 246 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 23.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among optometrist clinicians in NJ 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 246 payments — averaging $23.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$1K
- Alcon$929
- Coopervision Inc.$736
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$681
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$386
- ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC$358
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,650100%
- Gifts$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 63 | $1,330 |
| Alcon | 21 | $929 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 36 | $736 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 28 | $681 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $386 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 13 | $358 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $292 |
| Novartis | 21 | $277 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $174 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 7 | $157 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 4 | $146 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $125 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CEQUA$357
- INFUSE$345
- DAILIES TOTAL1$247
- Precision 1$231
- Contact Lens$141
- BIOTRUE$125
- TYRVAYA$122
- TOTAL30$122
- Precision7$122
- VYZULTA$114
- TRYPTYR$108
- MyDay Contact Lens$101
- VEVYE$100
How this compares
$5,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,357 optometrist providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 31 | $48,192 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 34 | $44,749 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 17 | $28,587 |
| Latanoprost | 86 | $943 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 23 | $227 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $1,330 | $73,33651 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis | $174 | $48,19231 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,357 optometrist providers in New Jersey.
Other optometrist in Laurel Springs
- Kerry GelbWoodbridge$264K
- Rodolfo RodriguezNorth Bergen$244K
- Steven SorkinFairfield$146K
- Paul VaccarellaRockaway$99K
- Ada NohCinnaminson$74K
- Melanne RosettaIselin$66K
- Frank BuccieroSpringfield$57K
- Victoria DzurinkoDeptford$47K
- Michael McAleeseHowell$33K
- Gary RochaParamus$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.