Cindy Blancq
Optometrist · Newport Beach, CANPI 1831283472
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,379 of the $5,174 with a category attached, or 65.3%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 43.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,351 and has fallen 75.2% since, to $584 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 120 payments — averaging $43.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Alcon$660
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$622
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$272
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$265
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$230
- plus $862 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,79535%
- Food & beverage$3,37965%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $2,262 |
| Alcon | 13 | $660 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 19 | $622 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $272 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $265 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $230 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 5 | $155 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $150 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 7 | $130 |
| Novartis | 6 | $123 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 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.
- BIOTRUE$1,612
- ULTRA$1,612
- Acuvue$240
- Precision 7$132
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$122
- LOTEMAX SM$119
How this compares
$5,174 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Other optometrist in Newport Beach
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$4.1M
- Matthew GellerSpring Valley$3.5M
- Melissa EricksonDavis$522K
- Omid KhodaiLake Forest$499K
- Jason TuSan Diego$351K
- Scott SchachterPismo Beach$312K
- Alicia LauSan Diego$300K
- Vin DangBakersfield$284K
- Steven FerrucciSepulveda$272K
- Katie ChuRosemead$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.