Kevin Charlton, MD
Ophthalmology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1699877969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.5% of the total across 34 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $329 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $32 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $987.
Across 34 payments — averaging $22.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$263
- Dompe US, Inc.$159
- Novartis$118
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$57
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$49
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$46
- plus $76 from 4 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5374.56 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.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$43K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$74997%
- Gifts$193%
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 | 13 | $263 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $159 |
| Novartis | 7 | $118 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 1 | $46 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 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.
- Oxervate$125
How this compares
$768 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 191 ophthalmology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 58 | $43,192 |
| ZirganGanciclovir | 14 | $22,627 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 26 | $17,721 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 22 | $16,222 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 25 | $10,685 |
| Cyclosporine | 25 | $7,714 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 61 | $7,368 |
| Fluorometholone | 47 | $3,725 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 80 | $3,416 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 202 | $2,774 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 69 | $2,611 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 21 | $1,372 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 60 | $1,178 |
| Latanoprost | 161 | $1,166 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 34 | $1,071 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Zirgan, Xiidra, Miebo | $14 | $56,57062 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan | $263 | $53,87783 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $24 | $7,36861 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 40th percentile of 191 ophthalmology providers in Utah.
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- Marc Steffen Schmitz-ValckenbergSalt Lake City$43K
- Rachel SimpsonSalt Lake City$39K
- Austin NakatsukaSalt Lake City$27K
- Douglas MarxSalt Lake City$22K
- Akbar ShakoorSalt Lake City$18K
- Craig ChayaSalt Lake City$17K
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.