Joseph Vandenberg, OD
Optometrist · Sun City Center, FLNPI 1265099170
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 199 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,185, 9.1 times the $240 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in FL 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 199 payments — averaging $35.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$845
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$579
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$542
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$414
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2794%
- Food & beverage$6,73096%
- Education$180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $1,297 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 27 | $1,097 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 21 | $845 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 14 | $579 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 13 | $542 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $414 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $387 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $289 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 2 | $279 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 12 | $257 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $236 |
| Alcon | 9 | $230 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Novartis | 4 | $69 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $52 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- XDEMVY$499
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$397
- TEPEZZA$387
- Rocklatan$204
- Prokera$150
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$140
- LUMIGAN$125
- ALPHAGAN P$125
- XIIDRA$125
- MIEBO$125
- BIOTRUE$121
- INFUSE$116
- DURYSTA$108
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$105
- Rhopressa$103
How this compares
$7,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XdemvyLotilaner | 365 | $692,788 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 1,114 | $438,766 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 114 | $132,043 |
| VevyeCyclosporine | 154 | $118,869 |
| CequaCyclosporine | 177 | $117,583 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 149 | $47,990 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 30 | $24,556 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 56 | $18,991 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 72 | $17,982 |
| Cyclosporine | 27 | $16,236 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 52 | $15,315 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 16 | $10,721 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 89 | $9,177 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 549 | $8,127 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 200 | $8,058 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Xdemvy | $1,097 | $692,788365 claims |
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis, Combigan, Alphagan P | $1,297 | $634,1151,429 claims |
| Harrow Eye, LLCVevye | $257 | $118,869154 claims |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.Cequa | $289 | $117,583177 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Miebo, Vyzulta | $579 | $43,54786 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $230 | $17,98272 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa | $414 | $10,72116 claims |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLCTobradex St | $22 | $3,00411 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $236 | $2,25911 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 90th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
Other optometrist in Sun City Center
- James HoffmanOrange Park$795K
- April JasperWest Palm Beach$553K
- Nora CothranLargo$505K
- Michael SluskyNorth Port$384K
- Katie SpearDefuniak Springs$361K
- Karen HoffmanOrange Park$282K
- Ashley RothMiami Beach$261K
- Jessica SteenDavie$256K
- Mark DunbarMiami$236K
- Robert DavisPembroke Pines$217K
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.