Melissa Bollinger
Optometrist · Lake Villa, ILNPI 1578640215
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 36.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,029, 9.0 times the $2,452 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 294 payments — averaging $278.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$30K
- Alcon$21K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$15K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$6K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$3K
- Novartis$2K
- plus $5K from 22 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $16,966 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$82K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,83530%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,78047%
- Travel & lodging$9,69812%
- Food & beverage$8,63911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 59 | $30,067 |
| Alcon | 55 | $20,536 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 29 | $14,610 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 13 | $6,282 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $3,143 |
| Novartis | 31 | $1,843 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $1,408 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 10 | $1,273 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 17 | $597 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 10 | $425 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $324 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 6 | $285 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 3 | $182 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $163 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $134 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $65 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- MIEBO$28,309
- XIIDRA$27,263
- TYRVAYA$14,079
- ILUX$10,662
- DEXTENZA$6,030
- Systane$3,885
- TearCare SmartLid$3,000
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$3,000
- Flarex$1,195
- PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE$850
- DAILIES$570
- BLINK NUTRITEARS$500
- Blephex$420
- VEVYE$163
- Precision 1$161
- VYZULTA$150
- DEXYCU$124
- EYLEA$119
- XDEMVY$115
- CEQUA$114
How this compares
$81,952 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,257 optometrist providers in Illinois.
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 | 59 | $53,769 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 49 | $41,982 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 63 | $30,307 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 25 | $21,300 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 21 | $16,231 |
| Cyclosporine | 23 | $9,579 |
| Travoprost | 13 | $3,291 |
| Latanoprost | 150 | $1,546 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 11 | $1,157 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 12 | $690 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 15 | $581 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 57 | $564 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 23 | $484 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 17 | $436 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 42 | $422 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan | $324 | $84,076122 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $30,067 | $63,28274 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $14,610 | $16,23121 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $68 | $1,15711 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 95th percentile of 2,257 optometrist providers in Illinois.
Other optometrist in Lake Villa
- Pamela LoweChicago$447K
- Jeffrey LewisChampaign$394K
- Adeyinka AdewaleGodfrey$391K
- Michael ChaglasianChicago$367K
- Jessilin QuintChicago$366K
- Jullian CerasuoloChicago$329K
- Steven EidenDeerfield$259K
- Peter KehoeGalesburg$167K
- Gulroop HansraDowners Grove$151K
- Treacy AdamoHinsdale$94K
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.