Brian Kuhlman, OD
Optometrist · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1528096609
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.4% of the total across 181 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among optometrist clinicians in OH 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 181 payments — averaging $32.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$714
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$623
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$532
- Alcon$498
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$496
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$475
- plus $3K from 17 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $2649.29 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.
- Glaukos Corporation$56K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5008%
- Food & beverage$5,37890%
- Education$130%
- Entertainment$571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $714 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 30 | $623 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 19 | $532 |
| Alcon | 19 | $498 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $496 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 19 | $475 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $460 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $322 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 6 | $298 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $291 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $278 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 10 | $209 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $192 |
| Optos, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 5 | $104 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Lombart Brothers, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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
$5,948 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,995 optometrist providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 114 | $112,450 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 236 | $111,702 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 180 | $81,442 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 157 | $73,241 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 82 | $44,272 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 32 | $43,661 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 60 | $27,219 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 199 | $20,976 |
| Cyclosporine | 21 | $19,840 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 69 | $15,148 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 25 | $10,420 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 53 | $8,915 |
| Methazolamide | 20 | $8,330 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 34 | $7,131 |
| Travoprost | 72 | $6,971 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Alphagan P, Combigan | $460 | $265,382436 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $192 | $184,943393 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $475 | $54,08157 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $498 | $15,14869 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate, Lotemax Sm | $291 | $11,03547 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 1,995 optometrist providers in Ohio.
Other optometrist in Cincinnati
- Carly RoseCincinnati$203K
- John LahrCincinnati$145K
- Mary YackeyCincinnati$122K
- Elliot KirsteinCincinnati$18K
- Todd ZelczakCincinnati$15K
- Rawzi BaikCincinnati$14K
- Mile BrujicBowling Green$1.3M
- Gregory DenaeyerColumbus$846K
- Cory LappinMontgomery$367K
- Chris SmileyColumbus$305K
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.