Erika Johnson
Optometrist · Louisville, KYNPI 1295111433
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 69 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,618 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $553 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in KY 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 69 payments — averaging $83.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Alcon$779
- Coopervision Inc.$584
- AbbVie$350
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$344
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$252
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$401%
- Travel & lodging$391%
- Food & beverage$5,66998%
- Gifts$190%
- Entertainment$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 21 | $2,151 |
| Alcon | 13 | $779 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 11 | $584 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $350 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $344 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $252 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $234 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $147 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $128 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 1 | $53 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Optos, Inc. | 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.
- INFUSE$1,551
- VABYSMO$247
- Rhopressa$244
- Rocklatan$244
- CEQUA$234
- Voyager DSLT$150
- iDoseTR$147
- COBENFY$128
- SIMBRINZA$127
- INFUSE MULTIFOCAL$124
- XEN$124
- BIOTRUE$120
- ULTRA$120
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$120
- TYRVAYA$120
- ReSTOR$117
- MIEBO$116
- Clariti Contact Lens$110
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$103
- VUITY$101
How this compares
$5,786 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 712 optometrist providers in Kentucky.
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 Louisville
- Lee PeplinskiLouisville$74K
- Austin LifferthLouisville$72K
- Aaron McNultyLouisville$22K
- Ian McWherterLouisville$18K
- Kevin SnipesLouisville$13K
- Richard ManganLouisville$12K
- Keith SlaydenLouisville$9K
- Benjamin PaxtonLouisville$8K
- Nikolaos ZagorianosLouisville$8K
- Fiona BoakLouisville$8K
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.