Jack Schaeffer
Optometrist · Hoover, ALNPI 1598730582
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $48,155 of the $59,775 with a category attached, or 80.6%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 49.4% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in AL 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 104 payments — averaging $574.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$30K
- Topcon Healthcare, Inc.$9K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$5K
- Thea Pharma Inc.$3K
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Alcon$3K
- plus $7K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,15581%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,5009%
- Travel & lodging$1,5063%
- Food & beverage$4,6148%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 42 | $29,509 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 7 | $9,035 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 11 | $4,866 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 3 | $3,190 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $3,013 |
| Alcon | 6 | $2,981 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $1,750 |
| Heru, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $1,350 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $422 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 8 | $400 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $298 |
| Novartis | 3 | $279 |
| Topcon Corporation | 1 | $238 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $89 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
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.
- VUITY$4,310
- MIEBO$3,200
- DAILIES$2,783
- XIIDRA$2,754
- XDEMVY$1,928
- ScoutPro Osmolarity System$1,750
- Heru HMD$1,500
- IYUZEH$1,250
- LASTACAFT$1,188
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$1,188
- EYSUVIS$600
- LUMIGAN$475
- COMBIGAN$475
- ALPHAGAN P$475
- FORUM$258
- INFUSE$214
- DOCTORS ALLERGY FORMULA$180
- BOTOX COSMETIC$124
- DURYSTA$111
How this compares
$59,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 749 optometrist providers in Alabama.
Other optometrist in Hoover
- Mark SchaefferHoover$470K
- David SchaefferHoover$45K
- Lynn HammondsHoover$14K
- David KingHoover$12K
- Timothy AnsleyHoover$12K
- Tracey MercerHoover$11K
- Jonathan GravleeHoover$10K
- Melissa CurlHoover$9K
- Jeremy BarronHoover$8K
- Barry CurtisHoover$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.