Paul Hearn
Optometrist · Huntersville, NCNPI 1356326607
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 44.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,769 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $240 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in NC 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 99 payments — averaging $77.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$3K
- Coopervision Inc.$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Optos, Inc.$208
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$143
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$142
- plus $471 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,70422%
- Travel & lodging$2,30930%
- Food & beverage$3,41445%
- Entertainment$2083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 55 | $3,357 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 6 | $1,867 |
| Alcon | 15 | $1,446 |
| Optos, Inc. | 2 | $208 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $142 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $88 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$7,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,326 optometrist providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Timolol Maleate | 14 | $341 |
| Latanoprost | 28 | $319 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Huntersville
- Crystal BrimerWilmington$920K
- Osama SaidRaleigh$597K
- Ryan CorteAsheville$569K
- Sanjay PatelApex$518K
- Sean SmolenyakRaleigh$512K
- Rachael WrubleBelmont$228K
- Lisa GreeneArden$186K
- Jennifer LyerlyMorrisville$164K
- Timothy PoirierKnightdale$130K
- Randall ThomasConcord$126K
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.