Gregory Sammons
Optometrist · Hurricane, WVNPI 1205243177
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,484 of the $7,692 with a category attached, or 84.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 27.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,907 and has fallen 61.5% since, to $734 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in WV 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 149 payments — averaging $51.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$515
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$462
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$442
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20816%
- Food & beverage$6,48484%
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, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 28 | $2,118 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 39 | $1,854 |
| Alcon | 31 | $1,142 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 13 | $515 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 6 | $462 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 8 | $442 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $372 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $208 |
| Novartis | 7 | $176 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $100 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $70 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- ULTRA$1,032
- BIOTRUE$904
- INFUSE$501
- MIEBO$358
- Acuvue$351
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$264
- XIIDRA$250
- CEQUA$250
- TOTAL30$147
- BTOD$140
- DAILIES$117
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$116
- VYZULTA$110
- LOTEMAX SM$110
- VUITY$108
- Prokera$107
- AmnioGraft$107
- AmnioGuard$107
- SIMBRINZA$102
- Rhopressa$102
How this compares
$7,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 210 optometrist providers in West Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 32 | $31,007 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 25 | $19,392 |
| Latanoprost | 31 | $445 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 23 | $277 |
| Timolol Maleate | 12 | $150 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis | $372 | $31,00732 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $1,854 | $19,39225 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 210 optometrist providers in West Virginia.
Other optometrist in Hurricane
- James HermanHurricane$2K
- Gregory MooreBuckhannon$28K
- Steven PotwinSaint Albans$24K
- Kayla CampbellBarboursville$16K
- Lee MooreCharles Town$10K
- Jill ShowalterVienna$10K
- Bryce PeekBarboursville$8K
- James FickClarksburg$8K
- Laura Suppa SammonsCharleston$8K
- Mark WhittingtonCharleston$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.