Ellen Weiss
Optometrist · Omaha, NENPI 1982754966
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.1%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 57.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,927 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $133 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in NE 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 48 payments — averaging $68.18 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$415
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$244
- Coopervision Inc.$139
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$126
- AbbVie$124
- plus $338 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2508%
- Travel & lodging$1,57648%
- Food & beverage$1,44744%
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 | 15 | $1,888 |
| Alcon | 11 | $415 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 7 | $244 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $139 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $124 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Amgen | 1 | $98 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 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.
- ULTRA$1,384
- BIOTRUE$1,271
- Precision 1$250
- EYSUVIS$122
- INVELTYS$122
How this compares
$3,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 383 optometrist providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 17 | $312 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Omaha
- Christopher WolfeOmaha$154K
- Mark ToelleOmaha$10K
- John GoertzOmaha$8K
- Jordan ArensOmaha$7K
- Holly TernusOmaha$6K
- Marsha KubicaOmaha$6K
- Delaney KentOmaha$5K
- Adam WalterOmaha$5K
- Kelly RobertsonOmaha$5K
- Kristen WaltonOmaha$5K
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.