Jonathon Woolfson
Ophthalmology · Atlanta, GANPI 1528154465
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 159 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Visioneering Technologies, Inc. at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,305 and has fallen 59.7% since, to $2,139 in 2025.
Across 159 payments — averaging $71.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Visioneering Technologies, Inc.$4K
- Glaukos Corporation$2K
- Alcon$2K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$640
- AbbVie$635
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$297
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $4439.29 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$25K
- Rxsight Inc$6K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$410%
- Food & beverage$11,26299%
- Gifts$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $3,668 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 31 | $2,007 |
| Alcon | 34 | $1,775 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 12 | $640 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $635 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $297 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $295 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $265 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 3 | $248 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $186 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $178 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $176 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Vantage Technology LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- CE-marked KXLA system$283
- Photrexa$265
- KXL System$258
- Tecnis Simplicity$214
- Kahook Dual Blade$210
- Clearpath$210
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$210
- Streamline$210
- Via360$210
- iDoseTR$162
- TRYPTYR$150
- Clareon$147
- TYRVAYA$145
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$144
- TearCare SmartLid$139
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$139
- ARTEVO 800$137
- LUMERA 700$137
- Acuvue$132
- Luxor$125
How this compares
$11,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 481 ophthalmology providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 13 | $417 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 12 | $197 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Atlanta
- Gagan SawhneyAtlanta$582K
- Lawrence WoodardAtlanta$578K
- Stephanie VanderveldtAtlanta$384K
- Steven YehAtlanta$289K
- Evan SchoenbergAtlanta$130K
- Robert StultingAtlanta$85K
- David SackelAtlanta$82K
- Atul SharmaAtlanta$77K
- Daniel MartinAtlanta$55K
- Douglas DayAtlanta$52K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.