Mark Deweese
Optometrist · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1336516715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 79 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $694 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $29 in 2025.
Across 79 payments — averaging $24.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$991
- Alcon$375
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$363
- Novartis$92
- Coopervision Inc.$68
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$39
- plus $16 from 1 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $61,948 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.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$372K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,90798%
- Gifts$392%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 41 | $991 |
| Alcon | 14 | $375 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $363 |
| Novartis | 1 | $92 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DAILIES TOTAL1$120
How this compares
$1,945 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,166 optometrist providers in Florida.
Other optometrist in Jacksonville
- Brett O'ConnorJacksonville$91K
- Jon WalkerJacksonville$65K
- Anthony FavaleJacksonville$35K
- Kimberly RiordanJacksonville$23K
- James HoffmanOrange Park$795K
- April JasperWest Palm Beach$553K
- Nora CothranLargo$505K
- Michael SluskyNorth Port$384K
- Katie SpearDefuniak Springs$361K
- Karen HoffmanOrange Park$282K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.