Jami Veal
Optometrist · Paragould, ARNPI 1467531970
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.0% of the total across 128 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $759 and has fallen 50.4% since, to $377 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in AR 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 128 payments — averaging $27.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$387
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$375
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$310
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$243
- Novartis$169
- plus $927 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,35297%
- Entertainment$1053%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $1,047 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $387 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $375 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $310 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 12 | $243 |
| Novartis | 10 | $169 |
| Optos, Inc. | 4 | $153 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $152 |
| Alcon | 5 | $139 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $81 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 4 | $73 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 442 optometrist providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 17 | $1,038 |
| Latanoprost | 27 | $381 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 16 | $278 |
| Timolol Maleate | 12 | $219 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Paragould
- Kylie HilliardParagould$3K
- Christen CoatsFayetteville$216K
- Christopher MorrisRogers$6K
- Russell SimmonsBenton$6K
- Andrea HorneTontitown$6K
- Shelby BrogdonLittle Rock$5K
- Ryan BunchRogers$5K
- Alex BellRogers$5K
- Melissa PolkEl Dorado$5K
- Kristin LawSherwood$5K
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.