Chelsea Chandler
Optometrist · Jacksonville, ALNPI 1285158022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 37 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $393 and has fallen 51.8% since, to $189 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $34.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$415
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$210
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$208
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$151
- Coopervision Inc.$112
- AbbVie$63
- plus $110 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,269100%
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 | 13 | $415 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $210 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $208 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $151 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $63 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Maculogix, 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$112
- MyDay Contact Lens$112
- Precision7$107
How this compares
$1,269 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 749 optometrist providers in Alabama.
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 Jacksonville
- Mark SchaefferHoover$470K
- Kelly NicholsBirmingham$231K
- Benjamin KachelmanFlorence$101K
- Neena JamesHuntsville$74K
- Tracey Schroeder SwartzHuntsville$69K
- Jack SchaefferHoover$60K
- Leo SemesBirmingham$60K
- Brooke KaplanMountain Brk$54K
- Patricia FulmerHuntsville$45K
- David SchaefferHoover$45K
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.