Eric James
Optometrist · Walker, MINPI 1235692468
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,036 of the $6,483 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Biotissue Holdings Inc. accounts for 64.0% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,066, more than ten times the $64 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in MI 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 98 payments — averaging $66.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$4K
- Alcon$730
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$250
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$220
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$208
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$176
- plus $748 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,40137%
- Food & beverage$4,03662%
- Entertainment$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 31 | $4,150 |
| Alcon | 23 | $730 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $250 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $220 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $208 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $176 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Novartis | 3 | $52 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $23 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Prokera$727
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$149
- AmnioGraft$146
- Rhopressa$140
- Rocklatan$140
- XDEMVY$138
- Voyager DSLT$132
- INFUSE$125
- Syfovre$125
- CEQUA$125
- Hydrus Microstent$103
How this compares
$6,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,523 optometrist providers in Michigan.
Other optometrist in Walker
- Jamie KuzniarBloomfield$473K
- Monica JohnsonbaughGrosse Pointe$393K
- Nicholas BrunsFlint$238K
- Jay CrankGrand Rapids$209K
- Jeffrey VaranelliWarren$204K
- Thomas RothAnn Arbor$98K
- Frances Poma NowinskiBloomfield Twp$91K
- Michael LipsonWalled Lake$77K
- Stephanie RamdassBig Rapids$59K
- Robert FarrellMount Clemens$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.