Franklin Smith, OD
Optometrist · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1235146531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.6%), travel and lodging and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Coopervision Inc. accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $683 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $64 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for optometrist clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $868.
Across 18 payments — averaging $52.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$630
- Optos, Inc.$132
- Alcon$60
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$51
- AbbVie$36
- Shire North American Group Inc$21
- plus $21 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$38641%
- Food & beverage$43346%
- Entertainment$13214%
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. | 7 | $630 |
| Optos, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Alcon | 3 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $36 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 653 optometrist providers in South Carolina.
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 | 26 | $202 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Myrtle Beach
- Thomas WeshefskyMyrtle Beach$77K
- Amanda LeeMyrtle Beach$7K
- Lindsey AdamsMyrtle Beach$6K
- Tammy TullyMyrtle Beach$5K
- Richard BedellCharleston$55K
- Patrick VollmerColumbia$49K
- William ColemanEasley$22K
- Furman SmithMt Pleasant$21K
- Jennifer ZolmanCharleston$21K
- Steven AndreasenGreenville$19K
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.