Melanie Carver
Optometrist · Bloomington, INNPI 1629227491
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.4% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 40.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $154 and has fallen 77.6% since, to $34 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for optometrist clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $555.
Across 31 payments — averaging $17.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$225
- Alcon$132
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$59
- Coopervision Inc.$54
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$34
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$19
- plus $32 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$51893%
- Gifts$377%
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. | 13 | $225 |
| Alcon | 8 | $132 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,318 optometrist providers in Indiana.
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.
Other optometrist in Bloomington
- Jason JedlickaBloomington$456K
- Peter KollbaumBloomington$60K
- Anna TichenorBloomington$14K
- Katie ConnollyBloomington$7K
- Ellie CrossmanBloomington$7K
- Susan KovacichBloomington$6K
- Brett KingBloomington$6K
- Damon DierkerIndianapolis$707K
- Kari RiinaFishers$308K
- Rhonda RobinsonIndianapolis$205K
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.