Jay Harrelson
Optometrist · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1700235173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.6%), speaking fees and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 52.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,405, 8.5 times the $751 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in FL 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 170 payments — averaging $68.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$6K
- Alcon$2K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC$446
- Coopervision Inc.$333
- Amgen$197
- plus $719 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,00043%
- Food & beverage$6,56357%
- Education$180%
- Entertainment$230%
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. | 23 | $6,137 |
| Alcon | 66 | $1,975 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 43 | $1,798 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 14 | $446 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 7 | $333 |
| Amgen | 2 | $197 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $140 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $82 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $18 |
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$5,360
- MIEBO$5,118
- VYZULTA$5,110
- BIOTRUE$5,000
- TOTAL30$357
- Acuvue$253
- DAILIES TOTAL1$239
- Precision 1$239
- DAILIES$230
- Contact Lens$127
- BTOD$123
- XIIDRA$118
- TEPEZZA$114
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$107
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$107
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$107
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL)$107
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$107
How this compares
$11,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 19 | $15,002 |
| Latanoprost | 111 | $1,195 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 18 | $458 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 24 | $425 |
| Timolol Maleate | 36 | $224 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 18 | $212 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 16 | $190 |
| Ofloxacin | 11 | $133 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis | $82 | $15,00219 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 95th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
Other optometrist in Jacksonville
- Brett O'ConnorJacksonville$91K
- Jon WalkerJacksonville$65K
- Anthony FavaleJacksonville$35K
- Kimberly RiordanJacksonville$23K
- James HoffmanOrange Park$795K
- April JasperWest Palm Beach$553K
- Nora CothranLargo$505K
- Michael SluskyNorth Port$384K
- Katie SpearDefuniak Springs$361K
- Karen HoffmanOrange Park$282K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.