Christopher Qualls, OD
Optometrist · Hamilton, MTNPI 1053897397
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,887 of the $2,359 with a category attached, or 80.0%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 37.4% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in MT 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 27 payments — averaging $87.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$883
- Alcon$671
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$250
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$147
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$120
- Amgen$114
- plus $173 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$47320%
- Food & beverage$1,88780%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 12 | $883 |
| Alcon | 5 | $671 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Amgen | 1 | $114 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $104 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Acuvue$631
- CEQUA$250
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$147
- Izervay$120
- TEPEZZA$114
How this compares
$2,359 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 184 optometrist providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorometholone | 14 | $906 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 13 | $444 |
| Latanoprost | 15 | $147 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Hamilton
- Dirk BeyerHamilton$4K
- Mariah MitmanHamilton$2K
- Robert WilkinsHamilton$772
- David BauerBillings$4K
- Marisa HessLivingston$4K
- Joseph VincentGreat Falls$3K
- Justine RedlinGreat Falls$3K
- Travis WhittBozeman$2K
- Jennipher HarperBozeman$2K
- Matthew DooperGreat Falls$2K
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.