Charles Faron, OD
Optometrist · Downers Grove, ILNPI 1740265933
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.1%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 10 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3%. 2024 is the largest year on record at $300, 4.7 times the $63 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for optometrist clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $552.
Across 20 payments — averaging $30.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$100
- Alcon$100
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$100
- The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc.$97
- Novartis$68
- AbbVie$54
- plus $93 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10016%
- Food & beverage$31351%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| Alcon | 2 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Novartis | 4 | $68 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $54 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 2,257 optometrist providers in Illinois.
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.
Other optometrist in Downers Grove
- Gulroop HansraDowners Grove$151K
- Daniel DeligioDowners Grove$8K
- Pamela LoweChicago$447K
- Jeffrey LewisChampaign$394K
- Adeyinka AdewaleGodfrey$391K
- Michael ChaglasianChicago$367K
- Jessilin QuintChicago$366K
- Jullian CerasuoloChicago$329K
- Steven EidenDeerfield$259K
- Peter KehoeGalesburg$167K
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.