Joseph Grubbs
Ophthalmology · Richmond, VANPI 1033538749
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 53 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $1,018.
Across 53 payments — averaging $22.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$229
- Rxsight Inc$175
- Alcon$155
- AbbVie$150
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$137
- Harrow Eye, LLC$81
- plus $283 from 11 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $32.73 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.
- Notal Vision, Inc.$360
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,210100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 13 | $229 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $175 |
| Alcon | 8 | $155 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $150 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $137 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $81 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$1,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 509 ophthalmology providers in Virginia.
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 | 45 | $22,532 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 31 | $10,296 |
| Latanoprost | 724 | $8,163 |
| Timolol Maleate | 183 | $8,083 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 205 | $5,760 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 46 | $5,112 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 70 | $1,468 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 52 | $1,145 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 71 | $1,059 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 31 | $637 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 44 | $584 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 20 | $194 |
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 | $150 | $22,53245 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan | $137 | $10,29631 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 50th percentile of 509 ophthalmology providers in Virginia.
Other ophthalmology in Richmond
- Ethnie JonesRichmond$2M
- Thomas JenkinsRichmond$26K
- Jessica RandolphRichmond$18K
- Nikisha RichardsRichmond$16K
- Tam DangRichmond$9K
- Byron LaddRichmond$7K
- Bryan SchwentRichmond$7K
- Rishi ParikhRichmond$6K
- Elizabeth Yeu-LinNorfolk$1.7M
- John SheppardNorfolk$1.1M
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.