Drew Dickson
Ophthalmology · Charleston, SCNPI 1255865788
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $50,988 of the $53,058 with a category attached, or 96.1%. Optos, Inc. accounts for 96.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $51,476, more than ten times the $142 reported in 2019. Among ophthalmology clinicians in SC 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 56 payments — averaging $947.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optos, Inc.$51K
- Alcon$1K
- Rxsight Inc$402
- AbbVie$230
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$132
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$49
- plus $122 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,98896%
- Food & beverage$2,0704%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $50,988 |
| Alcon | 31 | $1,134 |
| Rxsight Inc | 7 | $402 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $230 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$53,058 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 293 ophthalmology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 11 | $312 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Charleston
- Karolinne RochaCharleston$552K
- Mona CamacciCharleston$26K
- Cole MillikenCharleston$17K
- Daniel AlfaroCharleston$15K
- Karen FernandezCharleston$13K
- John KerrisonCharleston$12K
- Eric JablonCharleston$12K
- Marion WilsonCharleston$9K
- Michael JohnsonCharleston$9K
- Berdine BurgerCharleston$7K
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.