Jeffrey Arnoult, MD
Ophthalmology · Houston, TXNPI 1396730065
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 276 payments — averaging $95.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$17K
- Glaukos Corporation$4K
- Alcon$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$620
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$337
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,951100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 21 | $16,896 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 5 | $3,633 |
| Alcon | 53 | $1,884 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 77 | $1,597 |
| Novartis | 38 | $620 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 17 | $337 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 20 | $306 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $225 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $166 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $99 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $47 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Akorn, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Akorn Operating Company LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $8 |
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.
- LenSx$269
- PanOptix$150
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$148
- ReSTOR$141
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$120
- LUMIGAN$120
How this compares
$26,285 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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 | 727 | $296,507 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 286 | $91,681 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 73 | $86,057 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 91 | $40,994 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 32 | $28,120 |
| Travoprost | 119 | $17,646 |
| Latanoprost | 1,894 | $17,076 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 131 | $14,275 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 41 | $13,908 |
| Lotemax SmLoteprednol Etabonate | 55 | $13,533 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 745 | $12,983 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 30 | $12,285 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 30 | $11,331 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 32 | $9,451 |
| Acetazolamide ErAcetazolamide | 270 | $8,865 |
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, Combigan, Restasis, Alphagan P | $1,597 | $483,6961,118 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta, Xiidra | $337 | $69,113123 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Lotemax Sm | $99 | $27,44196 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $61 | $23,61660 claims |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLCFlarex | $306 | $5,96849 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $1,884 | $2,32311 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 85th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
Other ophthalmology in Houston
- David BrownHouston$51.7M
- John MichelettiHouston$3.3M
- Michael CaplanHouston$1.4M
- Shaheen KavoussiHouston$1.3M
- Kevin JongHouston$1.2M
- Stephen SladeHouston$1.2M
- Rosa TangHouston$1.1M
- Zaina Al-MohtasebHouston$1.1M
- Fiaz ZamanHouston$1M
- Stephen PflugfelderHouston$788K
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.