RxDoctor Payments Data

Christopher Albright

Optometrist · Big Rapids, MINPI 1063073294

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.2%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,093 and has fallen 66.7% since, to $1,029 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in MI 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.

$6,666in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 82 payments — averaging $81.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Alcon$2K
  • Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
  • Coopervision Inc.$611
  • Biotissue Holdings Inc.$348
  • Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$233
  • plus $338 from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$87513%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$4387%
  • Travel & lodging$3,14847%
  • Food & beverage$2,20633%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$6,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,523 optometrist providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,915
Medicare patients
17
Services billed
48

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.

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