Michelle Chaney
Optometrist · Laramie, WYNPI 1528030988
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,515 and has fallen 83.9% since, to $406 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in WY 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 51 payments — averaging $72.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- AbbVie$311
- Harrow Eye, LLC$267
- Coopervision Inc.$162
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$151
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$147
- plus $556 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00054%
- Food & beverage$1,69846%
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 | 7 | $2,104 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $311 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 4 | $267 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 7 | $151 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 5 | $147 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Novartis | 5 | $101 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
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 Color$2,000
- DAILIES TOTAL1$2,000
- Precision 1$2,000
- VEVYE$235
- Hydrus Microstent$134
- XDEMVY$124
- RESTASIS$118
- Clariti Contact Lens$106
How this compares
$3,698 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 optometrist providers in Wyoming.
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 | 36 | $46,671 |
| Cyclosporine | 39 | $31,675 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 25 | $14,017 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 20 | $4,364 |
| Travoprost | 20 | $3,369 |
| Latanoprost | 138 | $1,389 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $780 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 23 | $711 |
| Fluorometholone | 12 | $583 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 27 | $502 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 24 | $453 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 19 | $332 |
| Timolol Maleate | 58 | $305 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 21 | $255 |
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, Alphagan P | $311 | $65,05381 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 102 optometrist providers in Wyoming.
Other optometrist in Laramie
- Sue LoweLaramie$1K
- Garrett HowellLaramie$469
- Nikalous TolmanLaramie$246
- Gary PoteetLaramie$213
- Brian PieperLaramie$207
- Mark WellsCheyenne$251K
- David EldredCheyenne$177K
- Joseph MunsellCheyenne$5K
- Jason WhitmanCasper$4K
- Shelby ZemskiCheyenne$3K
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.