Michael Talone, OD
Optometrist · State College, PANPI 1023006202
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Coopervision Inc. accounts for 70.6% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,027 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $244 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in PA 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 101 payments — averaging $138.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$10K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Lombart Brothers, Inc.$500
- Topcon Healthcare, Inc.$458
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$311
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$179
- plus $978 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,78134%
- Travel & lodging$1,34710%
- Food & beverage$3,33324%
- Education$4,50832%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 34 | $9,860 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 14 | $1,682 |
| Lombart Brothers, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 7 | $458 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $311 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 4 | $179 |
| Novartis | 9 | $173 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $158 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $157 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $133 |
| Alcon | 4 | $128 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Non-Product Brand Specific$8,000
- Clariti Contact Lens$629
- OPD-III$500
- MyDay Contact Lens$215
- Prokera$125
- CEQUA$115
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$105
- LOTEMAX SM$100
How this compares
$13,968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,165 optometrist providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 46 | $15,774 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 13 | $9,939 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 26 | $6,961 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 13 | $2,358 |
| Latanoprost | 113 | $1,330 |
| Timolol Maleate | 28 | $1,004 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 23 | $745 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 11 | $171 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $311 | $16,90139 claims |
| AbbVieLumigan | $158 | $15,77446 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $133 | $2,35813 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 2,165 optometrist providers in Pennsylvania.
Other optometrist in State College
- Michael CymborState College$121K
- James DeomHazle Township$793K
- Gregory CaldwellDuncansville$547K
- Leslie O DellNew Freedom$388K
- Kevin BistlinePlymouth Meeting$302K
- Thomas KislanStroudsburg$266K
- Erick HendersonPittsburgh$266K
- Ryan YealyLancaster$164K
- Joseph SmayNew Kensington$147K
- Julie McLaughlinAllentown$142K
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.