Randall Melchert, OD
Optometrist · Brookfield, WINPI 1629153853
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,999 of the $7,753 with a category attached, or 77.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 37.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,763 and has fallen 68.6% since, to $869 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in WI 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 126 payments — averaging $61.53 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$3K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Coopervision Inc.$447
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$198
- Glaukos Corporation$176
- plus $961 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,75423%
- Food & beverage$5,99977%
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, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 28 | $2,907 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 46 | $1,669 |
| Alcon | 30 | $1,396 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $447 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $198 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $176 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $134 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $115 |
| Amgen | 1 | $115 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, 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.
- ULTRA$1,677
- BIOTRUE$1,449
- INFUSE$724
- TOTAL30$439
- XIIDRA$351
- VYZULTA$350
- MIEBO$329
- ULTRA MULTIFOCAL TORIC$250
- Rocklatan$244
- Rhopressa$244
- CE-marked KXLA system$176
- Precision 1$150
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$138
- EYLEA$133
- Clariti Contact Lens$125
- Syfovre$124
- SIMBRINZA$122
- Oxervate$122
- MyDay Contact Lens$117
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$115
How this compares
$7,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 867 optometrist providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 263 | $3,624 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 16 | $3,146 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 85 | $1,821 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 20 | $1,235 |
| Timolol Maleate | 33 | $644 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 11 | $377 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 11 | $230 |
| Ofloxacin | 11 | $116 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Brookfield
- Alexandra BrandtBrookfield$8K
- Phillip RoyBrookfield$7K
- Megan KelnhoferBrookfield$6K
- Mary TeclawBrookfield$6K
- Bryan BellBrookfield$5K
- Lynne RoyBrookfield$5K
- David NelsonMadison$256K
- Jennifer FrieheMukwonago$234K
- Tessa SokolMadison$105K
- Christopher LopezClintonville$48K
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.