James Brewer
Optometrist · Augusta, MENPI 1336403286
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 49 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 38.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $238, 2.3 times the $103 reported in 2019.
Across 49 payments — averaging $21.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$409
- Coopervision Inc.$201
- AbbVie$117
- Novartis$84
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$75
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$58
- plus $126 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,069100%
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 | 21 | $409 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $201 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $117 |
| Novartis | 5 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$1,069 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 224 optometrist providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 61 | $38,905 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 21 | $35,882 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 14 | $10,901 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 23 | $6,803 |
| Travoprost | 11 | $1,617 |
| Latanoprost | 38 | $558 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 11 | $417 |
| Timolol Maleate | 14 | $65 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis | $117 | $74,78782 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $34 | $10,90114 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $409 | $6,80323 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 80th percentile of 224 optometrist providers in Maine.
Other optometrist in Augusta
- Stephanie ArnioAugusta$3K
- Adam PuiiaAugusta$2K
- Peter KembleAugusta$2K
- Jillian JanesAugusta$2K
- Michelle HigginsYarmouth$31K
- Katherine HillPortland$7K
- Renee WhelanFalmouth$6K
- Jacqueline WillsGorham$4K
- Steven GoldsteinPortland$4K
- Andre AchenbachBrunswick$4K
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.