David Nelson
Optometrist · Madison, WINPI 1669494878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.1%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lumenis BE Inc at 55.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $59,895 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $5,006 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in WI 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 187 payments — averaging $1368.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lumenis BE Inc$142K
- Optos, Inc.$108K
- Alcon$2K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$760
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$578
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$95,00037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$54,25821%
- Travel & lodging$11,9095%
- Food & beverage$94,45637%
- Education$270%
- Entertainment$2330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumenis BE Inc | 5 | $141,600 |
| Optos, Inc. | 36 | $107,520 |
| Alcon | 51 | $1,869 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 13 | $1,404 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 22 | $760 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $578 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $545 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 6 | $478 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 12 | $370 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $214 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $130 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $110 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Haag-streit USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
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
$255,883 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 867 optometrist providers in Wisconsin.
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 Madison
- Tessa SokolMadison$105K
- Jayson HeierMadison$4K
- Lisa ZarwellMadison$4K
- Jennifer FrieheMukwonago$234K
- Christopher LopezClintonville$48K
- Jeff BanasMount Pleasant$46K
- Jessica SchiffbauerKenosha$27K
- Jeffrey ClementsSun Prairie$16K
- Douglas HinsonSturtevant$15K
- Marcus NeitzkeWaukesha$14K
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.