Erin Rueff
Optometrist · Columbus, OHNPI 1578828976
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $81,438 of the $131,247 with a category attached, or 62.0%. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. accounts for 93.1% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $44,702, more than ten times the $1,336 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in OH 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 222 payments — averaging $591.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$122K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$3K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$3K
- Alcon$2K
- Glaukos Corporation$460
- Coopervision Inc.$453
- plus $261 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,90030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$81,43862%
- Travel & lodging$7,8656%
- Food & beverage$3,0452%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 168 | $122,248 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 6 | $3,484 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 12 | $2,821 |
| Alcon | 17 | $1,519 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $460 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 10 | $453 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Acuvue$102,471
- AcrySof$334
- KXL System$200
- CE-marked KXLA system$200
- Precision 7$132
How this compares
$131,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,995 optometrist providers in Ohio.
Other optometrist in Columbus
- Gregory DenaeyerColumbus$846K
- Chris SmileyColumbus$305K
- Kristen BurkholderColumbus$44K
- James OatneyColumbus$39K
- Kate McClureColumbus$18K
- Abigail MennerColumbus$18K
- Douglas BosnerColumbus$15K
- Jennifer FogtColumbus$13K
- Joseph BarrColumbus$11K
- Kimberly PattonColumbus$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.