Elliot Finkelstein
Optometrist · Metairie, LANPI 1366443160
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coopervision Inc. at 25.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,936 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $847 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in LA 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 90 payments — averaging $82.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Alcon$794
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$654
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$626
- Shire North American Group Inc$232
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4206%
- Travel & lodging$1,46420%
- Food & beverage$4,04354%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 8 | $1,906 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 19 | $1,781 |
| Alcon | 8 | $794 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 7 | $654 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 8 | $626 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $232 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $204 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $191 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $164 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $148 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $73 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Novartis | 2 | $46 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- Multiple Brands Contact Lens$1,500
- BIOTRUE$1,444
- ULTRA$1,344
- Acuvue$549
- PANORAMIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE$382
- XIIDRA$376
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$374
- MIEBO$355
- INFUSE$225
- OCT OPHTHALMOSCOPE$191
- NFC-700$191
- Clareon$139
- Prokera$127
- MyDay Contact Lens$124
- TRYPTYR$122
- EYSUVIS$122
- Precision 1$119
- ReSTOR$111
- Clariti Contact Lens$111
- CEQUA$110
How this compares
$7,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 500 optometrist providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 13 | $373 |
| Latanoprost | 46 | $187 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Metairie
- Gabriel KasovichMetairie$6K
- Katherine CasadabanMetairie$5K
- Pamela TheriotShreveport$207K
- Joshua DavidsonGonzales$189K
- Jeffrey WilhiteMarrero$86K
- Christopher WrotenHammond$59K
- James LamarNew Orleans$45K
- John McCallLogansport$32K
- Robert KellyMarrero$26K
- Shane FontenotJennings$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.