Matthew Nickell
Ophthalmology · Temple, TXNPI 1821593955
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 38 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $537 and has fallen 66.2% since, to $181 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,835.
Across 38 payments — averaging $42.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$486
- Glaukos Corporation$257
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$142
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$125
- AbbVie$122
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$118
- plus $358 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,50794%
- Education$1006%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 13 | $486 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $257 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $142 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $122 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Rxsight Inc | 4 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Novartis | 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.
- iStent inject W$257
- enVista MX60 IOL$243
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$132
- STELLARIS$118
- AcrySof$108
How this compares
$1,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 173 | $1,654 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 39 | $1,456 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 34 | $390 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 42 | $302 |
| Timolol Maleate | 31 | $237 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 13 | $225 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 39 | $120 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Temple
- Michael SingerSan Antonio$1.8M
- Oluwatosin SmithDallas$1.5M
- Charles WykoffBellaire$1.5M
- John MichelettiHouston$916K
- Davinder GroverDallas$705K
- Christina WengHouston$676K
- Peter ChangHouston$656K
- Zaina Al-MohtasebHouston$636K
- Ashkan AbbeyDallas$559K
- Stephen SladeHouston$530K
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.