Michael McAleese
Optometrist · Howell, NJNPI 1720156177
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,895 and has fallen 85.6% since, to $3,000 in 2024. Among optometrist clinicians in NJ 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 88 payments — averaging $369.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$32K
- AstraZeneca$125
- Coopervision Inc.$115
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,77542%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,03531%
- Travel & lodging$6,88721%
- Food & beverage$1,8296%
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 | 85 | $32,286 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $115 |
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.
- AIR OPTIX$12,403
- DAILIES$10,761
- DAILIES TOTAL1$5,013
- Precision 1$4,667
- Air Optix Color$3,000
- Air Optix plus HydraGlyde$1,000
- Dailies Aqua Comfort Plus$1,000
- SOLIRIS$125
- Multiple Brands Contact Lens$103
How this compares
$32,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,357 optometrist providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travoprost | 12 | $1,171 |
| Latanoprost | 73 | $432 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 25 | $233 |
| Timolol Maleate | 16 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Howell
- Kerry GelbWoodbridge$264K
- Rodolfo RodriguezNorth Bergen$244K
- Steven SorkinFairfield$146K
- Paul VaccarellaRockaway$99K
- Ada NohCinnaminson$74K
- Melanne RosettaIselin$66K
- Frank BuccieroSpringfield$57K
- Victoria DzurinkoDeptford$47K
- Gary RochaParamus$31K
- William TulloPrinceton$28K
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.