Price Kloess
Ophthalmology · Mountain Brk, ALNPI 1427022789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.8% of the total across 83 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,118 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $51 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $52.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$1K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$891
- NEW World Medical,inc.$599
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$400
- Glaukos Corporation$363
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$103
- plus $567 from 12 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $918.57 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Alcon Research LLC$11K
- Glaukos Corporation$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4009%
- Food & beverage$3,93391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 26 | $1,409 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 14 | $891 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 6 | $599 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 5 | $363 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $84 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $68 |
| Novartis | 3 | $59 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- CT Lucia$400
- Cataract Suite$400
- LUMERA$400
- Kahook Dual Blade$397
- Streamline Surgical System$397
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$397
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$222
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$131
- AcrySof$124
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$124
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$124
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$122
- ARGOS$122
- PanOptix$105
- ReSTOR$102
How this compares
$4,333 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 197 ophthalmology providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 12 | $9,615 |
| Latanoprost | 66 | $1,145 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 14 | $461 |
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 | $68 | $9,61512 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 75th percentile of 197 ophthalmology providers in Alabama.
Other ophthalmology in Mountain Brk
- Max MusharoffMountain Brk$4K
- Bret FisherHomewood$545K
- Caroline WatsonHuntsville$292K
- Ronald GrossFairhope$143K
- Kristin BainsBirmingham$40K
- Sebastian HeersinkDothan$33K
- John ParkerVestavia$19K
- Lindsay RhodesBirmingham$18K
- Timothy JohnsonTuscaloosa$15K
- James LewisBirmingham$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.