John Nail
Optometrist · Columbus, MSNPI 1174878052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.2%), food and beverage and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. accounts for 62.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,798 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $117 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $53.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$281
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$215
- Alcon$158
- Optos, Inc.$150
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$76
- plus $204 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,61055%
- Food & beverage$1,15540%
- Entertainment$1505%
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 Vision Care, Inc. | 14 | $1,832 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 11 | $281 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $215 |
| Alcon | 9 | $158 |
| Optos, Inc. | 3 | $150 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Lombart Brothers, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Acuvue$1,610
How this compares
$2,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 372 optometrist providers in Mississippi.
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 | 41 | $18,868 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 21 | $17,010 |
| Travoprost | 32 | $5,983 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 120 | $3,842 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 11 | $3,207 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 14 | $2,821 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 16 | $2,813 |
| Latanoprost | 202 | $1,680 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 66 | $1,247 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 77 | $1,230 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 83 | $861 |
| Timolol Maleate | 61 | $521 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 15 | $476 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 47 | $443 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 20 | $398 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AlconSimbrinza | $158 | $2,82114 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 372 optometrist providers in Mississippi.
Other optometrist in Columbus
- Robert PhyferColumbus$7K
- Ashley EarwoodColumbus$4K
- Kristopher MayColdwater$229K
- Alyssa MabrySenatobia$66K
- Roya AttarJackson$19K
- Deandre CarrByram$9K
- Michael ObrienSouthaven$9K
- George MarchbanksGulfport$9K
- William ArnoldMadison$9K
- Ramonica LewisClinton$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.