Charlotte Akor, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1457314387
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 38 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 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $885, more than ten times the $19 reported in 2020. Among pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus specialist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 38 payments — averaging $66.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$366
- AbbVie$300
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$267
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$224
- Biomerieux Inc$219
- Amgen$156
- plus $989 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,50299%
- Gifts$191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 5 | $366 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $300 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $267 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $219 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $156 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| GSK | 2 | $143 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $137 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Alcon | 1 | $21 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, 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.
- JOENJA$224
- Livmarli$150
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$137
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$137
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$137
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$137
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL)$137
- Bylvay$125
- ZELSUVMI$125
- VUITY$124
- MIEBO$122
- XIIDRA$122
- TEPEZZA$122
- BENLYSTA$121
- BIOFIRE SPOTFIRE Respiratory (R) Panel$121
- (820) Cholbam$105
How this compares
$2,522 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 21 pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus specialist providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Timolol Maleate | 18 | $1,754 |
| Latanoprost | 58 | $261 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 19 | $203 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus specialist in Corpus Christi
- Robert GrossDallas$8K
- Erica LuseHouston$693
- Adam CantorHouston$343
- Jessica ThayerFrisco$273
- David WeakleyDallas$268
- Serena WangDallas$254
- Irene TungThe Woodlands$246
- Layla GhergherehchiHouston$240
- Mohamed HusseinDallas$220
- Aaron GrantLackland Afb$214
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.