Michael Jones, MD
Ophthalmology · Cookeville, TNNPI 1164589164
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 73.6% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,965 and has fallen 84.4% since, to $932 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 133 payments — averaging $147.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$14K
- Alcon Research LLC$4K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$279
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$163
- Ivantis, Inc$143
- Novartis$130
- plus $405 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,55754%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,92020%
- Travel & lodging$1,0395%
- Food & beverage$4,08621%
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 | 83 | $14,418 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 3 | $4,064 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 14 | $279 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 5 | $163 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 2 | $143 |
| Novartis | 7 | $130 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $65 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $18 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$9,488
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$5,568
- ARGOS$743
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY$735
- ORA$513
- AcrySof$490
- Centurion$222
- ReSTOR$149
- Hydrus$131
How this compares
$19,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 323 ophthalmology providers in Tennessee.
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 | 58 | $67,774 |
| Cyclosporine | 116 | $51,000 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 25 | $25,437 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 421 | $17,420 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 17 | $6,719 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 365 | $6,113 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 26 | $4,983 |
| Ofloxacin | 333 | $3,809 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 20 | $3,386 |
| Latanoprost | 294 | $2,722 |
| Bromfenac Sodium | 18 | $1,931 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 115 | $1,305 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 25 | $1,087 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 83 | $981 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 11 | $882 |
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 | $65 | $74,49375 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $54 | $25,43725 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 90th percentile of 323 ophthalmology providers in Tennessee.
Other ophthalmology in Cookeville
- Andrew JohnsonCookeville$15K
- Brittany DenaroCookeville$8K
- Alissa HudsonCookeville$5K
- Deborah ShermanNashville$3M
- Melissa ToyosMemphis$1.3M
- Rolando ToyosMemphis$809K
- Brian BiesmanNashville$630K
- Brian FowlerMemphis$206K
- Edward ChaumNashville$158K
- Brian JerkinsMemphis$150K
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.