Minon Mitchell
Optometrist · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1295875243
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.6%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,365 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $894 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in CO 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 $85.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- Coopervision Inc.$865
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$503
- The Walman Optical Company$480
- Alcon$273
- plus $932 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,58621%
- Travel & lodging$1,95526%
- Food & beverage$3,42346%
- Gifts$5077%
- Entertainment$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $2,246 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 22 | $2,209 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 14 | $865 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 10 | $503 |
| The Walman Optical Company | 1 | $480 |
| Alcon | 10 | $273 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $245 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $200 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $171 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $136 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $68 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Acuvue$1,730
- ULTRA$1,650
- BIOTRUE$1,523
- INFUSE$245
- EYSUVIS$245
- Clariti Contact Lens$230
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$127
- CEQUA$120
- MiSight Contact Lens$118
- INFUSE MULTIFOCAL$117
- MyDay Contact Lens$109
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$108
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$108
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$108
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$108
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL)$108
How this compares
$7,506 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,025 optometrist providers in Colorado.
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.
Other optometrist in Colorado Springs
- Justin ManningColorado Springs$13K
- Melissa TadaColorado Springs$9K
- Reed BroColorado Springs$8K
- Ryan BauerColorado Springs$6K
- Shane FrerichsColorado Springs$5K
- Leroy PopowskiColorado Springs$5K
- Cecelia KoettingAurora$458K
- Kaleb AbbottAurora$145K
- Joshua OlsonBoulder$80K
- Felicia PopowskiFt Carson$80K
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.