Melissa Erickson
Optometrist · Davis, CANPI 1730163601
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 25.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $118,852, 3.8 times the $31,563 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in CA 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 837 payments — averaging $623.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$135K
- Alcon$72K
- AbbVie$68K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$53K
- ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC$47K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$31K
- plus $117K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$223,90043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$244,11047%
- Travel & lodging$33,8056%
- Food & beverage$20,1284%
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. | 140 | $134,607 |
| Alcon | 141 | $71,532 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 121 | $68,424 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 145 | $52,587 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 20 | $47,109 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 46 | $30,985 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 45 | $30,099 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 23 | $24,940 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 20 | $14,836 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 66 | $13,188 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $11,392 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 24 | $6,072 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 12 | $5,302 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 6 | $4,159 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 1 | $2,700 |
| Nordic Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $2,100 |
| Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp. | 1 | $675 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $513 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $310 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $250 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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$54,013
- Acuvue$50,112
- ZENLENS$46,700
- XIIDRA$40,083
- Contact Lens$39,430
- VUITY$30,601
- DAILIES TOTAL1$23,002
- ZEN LENS$21,638
- TOTAL30$21,300
- TRYPTYR$14,615
- TYRVAYA$14,430
- ULTRA$12,690
- CEQUA$10,998
- Precision 1$10,294
- ILINK$8,700
- Precision 7$6,111
- Onefit Contact Lens$5,017
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$4,118
- TearCare SmartLid$4,058
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$4,058
How this compares
$521,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Other optometrist in Davis
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$4.1M
- Matthew GellerSpring Valley$3.5M
- Omid KhodaiLake Forest$499K
- Jason TuSan Diego$351K
- Scott SchachterPismo Beach$312K
- Alicia LauSan Diego$300K
- Vin DangBakersfield$284K
- Steven FerrucciSepulveda$272K
- Katie ChuRosemead$271K
- Heidi PhamSacramento$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.