Hieu Vu-Gia
Optometrist · Oakton, VANPI 1639213788
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.1% of the total across 129 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 27.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,514 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $470 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in VA 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 129 payments — averaging $54.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$1K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$754
- Coopervision Inc.$676
- Optos, Inc.$324
- Maculogix, Inc.$313
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,71095%
- Gifts$190%
- Entertainment$3245%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 33 | $1,916 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 23 | $1,211 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $754 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 14 | $676 |
| Optos, Inc. | 5 | $324 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 3 | $313 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $299 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 5 | $260 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $258 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $182 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $117 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $104 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 1 | $16 |
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$828
- TOTAL30$674
- DAILIES TOTAL1$531
- Precision 1$394
- ULTRA$367
- DAILIES$264
- XIIDRA$240
- CEQUA$231
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$231
- PANORAMIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE$209
- OCT OPHTHALMOSCOPE$209
- ACTIVEFOCUS$127
- BIOTRUE$125
- Clariti Contact Lens$124
- MyDay Contact Lens$123
- Oxervate$122
- XDEMVY$121
- MIEBO$118
- AdaptDx$118
- LUMIGAN$117
How this compares
$7,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,230 optometrist providers in Virginia.
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 Oakton
- Walter WhitleyNorfolk$546K
- Jacqueline TheisRichmond$80K
- Joseph AllenRichmond$75K
- Keith SmithsonReston$74K
- Michael SwattsChesapeake$59K
- Kurt DevitoVirginia Beach$54K
- Walter SchlabachHarrisonburg$31K
- Mark AbrahamFalls Church$30K
- David TangVirginia Beach$29K
- Tiffany LioneAldie$23K
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.