James Herman
Optometrist · Hurricane, WVNPI 1376548974
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 55 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $635 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $196 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $44.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$783
- Alcon$497
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$481
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$212
- Novartis$152
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$125
- plus $171 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,421100%
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 Americas Inc. | 13 | $783 |
| Alcon | 9 | $497 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $481 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 6 | $212 |
| Novartis | 6 | $152 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $66 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| 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.
- INFUSE$599
- ULTRA$125
- DAILIES$117
- Prokera$107
- AmnioGraft$107
- AmnioGuard$107
How this compares
$2,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 210 optometrist providers in West 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Travoprost | 24 | $1,984 |
| Latanoprost | 51 | $453 |
| Timolol Maleate | 19 | $229 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Hurricane
- Gregory SammonsHurricane$8K
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.