Joseph Childs
Ophthalmology · Tupelo, MSNPI 1508184706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $32,075 of the $42,414 with a category attached, or 75.6%. Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 92.7% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $26,394 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $46 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MS 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 167 payments — averaging $253.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$39K
- Alcon$536
- AbbVie$470
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$405
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$309
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$245
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,11810%
- Speaking & faculty fees$32,07576%
- Travel & lodging$2,2865%
- Food & beverage$3,8909%
- Gifts$450%
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, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 48 | $39,333 |
| Alcon | 19 | $536 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $470 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $405 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $309 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 11 | $245 |
| Rxsight Inc | 11 | $216 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 12 | $203 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 5 | $183 |
| Novartis | 7 | $97 |
| Iridex Corporation | 3 | $97 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- VYZULTA$38,597
How this compares
$42,414 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 150 ophthalmology providers in Mississippi.
Other ophthalmology in Tupelo
- John ParkerTupelo$72K
- Sonya MilesTupelo$6K
- Ashley PickeringTupelo$5K
- Kiper NelsonHattiesburg$234K
- Heather HancockJackson$39K
- Leslie AdenFlowood$38K
- Adam QuinnHattiesburg$29K
- Mark KoskoJackson$27K
- James ShippOxford$21K
- Calvin BrownOlive Branch$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.