Paul Tachau
Optometrist · Santa Fe, NMNPI 1649384710
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 128 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,187 and has fallen 74.9% since, to $298 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 128 payments — averaging $30.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$947
- AbbVie$844
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$367
- Dompe US, Inc.$335
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$266
- Alcon$254
- plus $950 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,964100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 Americas Inc. | 24 | $947 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 33 | $844 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 18 | $367 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 7 | $335 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $266 |
| Alcon | 7 | $254 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $231 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 2 | $80 |
| Novartis | 3 | $67 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
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.
- INFUSE$328
- MIEBO$250
- XIIDRA$250
- Oxervate$227
- Rhopressa$211
- Rocklatan$211
- Precision7$149
- VUITY$125
- TearCare SmartLid$119
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$119
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$114
How this compares
$3,964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 228 optometrist providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XiidraLifitegrast | 20 | $18,034 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 15 | $9,634 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 15 | $8,934 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 15 | $7,086 |
| Latanoprost | 63 | $1,117 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 55 | $1,023 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 16 | $403 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 12 | $159 |
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 | $947 | $27,66835 claims |
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis | $844 | $16,02030 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 90th percentile of 228 optometrist providers in New Mexico.
Other optometrist in Santa Fe
- David ViseSanta Fe$8K
- Dwight ThibodeauxSanta Fe$5K
- Shinichi HamashigeSanta Fe$3K
- Jaqueline IsquierdoSanta Fe$2K
- Micayla Fisher-IvesSanta Fe$1K
- Vanlin BotwinSanta Fe$946
- Keith BarkerClovis$52K
- Elysia IsonShiprock$37K
- David BabingtonAlbuquerque$8K
- Nicolette EstradaAlbuquerque$6K
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.