Cindy Tu
Optometry · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1164597605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 108 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $718 and has fallen 60.3% since, to $285 in 2025. Among optometry 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 108 payments — averaging $26.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$1K
- Alcon$714
- AbbVie$198
- Novartis$145
- Shire North American Group Inc$93
- ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC$77
- plus $313 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,88399%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 50 | $1,362 |
| Alcon | 29 | $714 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $198 |
| Novartis | 4 | $145 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $93 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, 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.
How this compares
$2,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 optometry providers in Texas.
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 optometry in Sugar Land
- Monica NguyenRockwall$2K
- Tad BillmireDecatur$0
- Ricky AlanizCarrizo Springs$0
- Jerry McCombsTeague$0
- Stephen HlisBrownwood$0
- Mitchell DaggettFort Worth$0
- John DeatonTyler$0
- Kimberly MenzieGeorgetown$0
- Dania HasanCelina$0
- Leigh Ann HolubSeguin$0
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.