John Bierly, MD
Ophthalmology · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1831193515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.5%), consulting fees and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,378 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $1,006 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 126 payments — averaging $127.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$5K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$3K
- Alcon$1K
- Ziemer USA$1K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$495
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,45021%
- Grants$3,14620%
- Travel & lodging$1,2588%
- Food & beverage$7,98350%
- Entertainment$2882%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 62 | $5,211 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 9 | $3,837 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $3,194 |
| Alcon | 22 | $1,326 |
| Ziemer USA | 6 | $1,046 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 3 | $495 |
| Rxsight Inc | 5 | $428 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Novartis | 1 | $125 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $104 |
| Vantage Technology LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$1,675
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$1,656
- Tecnis 3-piece IOL$1,550
- Tecnis Symfony Toric IOL$1,550
- Tecnis IOL$1,053
- ALPHAGAN P$1,000
- LUMIGAN$1,000
- FEMTOLDV$925
- Tecnis Simplicity$884
- CALLISTO eye$285
- Clareon$264
- VERITAS Vision System$253
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$248
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$248
- Catalys Laser System$242
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$227
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$155
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$140
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$140
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$140
How this compares
$16,124 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 323 ophthalmology providers in Tennessee.
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.
Other ophthalmology in Chattanooga
- Michelle RobisonChattanooga$7K
- Deborah di StefanoChattanooga$6K
- Courtney RidnerChattanooga$6K
- Deborah ShermanNashville$3M
- Melissa ToyosMemphis$1.3M
- Rolando ToyosMemphis$809K
- Brian BiesmanNashville$630K
- Brian FowlerMemphis$206K
- Edward ChaumNashville$158K
- Brian JerkinsMemphis$150K
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.