Michael Cooper
Optometrist · West Hartford, CTNPI 1073537874
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.1%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Glaukos Corporation at 34.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,568 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $361 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in CT 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 133 payments — averaging $327.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$15K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$5K
- Alcon$4K
- Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC$4K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$4K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$2K
- plus $9K from 20 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3600.00 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,28535%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5008%
- Grants$15,00034%
- Travel & lodging$3,8209%
- Food & beverage$5,86013%
- Gifts$600%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 5 | $15,095 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 13 | $4,869 |
| Alcon | 12 | $4,315 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 11 | $3,829 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $3,780 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 4 | $2,208 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 13 | $1,532 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $1,500 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $1,160 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 3 | $957 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 2 | $854 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $781 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 3 | $379 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $324 |
| Novartis | 4 | $324 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 9 | $311 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $297 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $276 |
| Quidel Corporation | 5 | $235 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 5 | $217 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $172 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$43,525 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 574 optometrist providers in Connecticut.
Other optometrist in West Hartford
- Susan JanikWest Hartford$20K
- Lauren DiaferioWest Hartford$6K
- Peter PegoloWest Hartford$5K
- Ashley WalchWest Hartford$4K
- Joseph ThimonsFairfield$340K
- Inna LazarOld Greenwich$147K
- Jennifer StewartNew Canaan$91K
- Maria PribisStamford$78K
- Joseph PavanoNew Britain$22K
- Donald HigginsPlainville$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.