Robert Houghteling
Optometrist · Kingsland, GANPI 1831257047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 58.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,334 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $182 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in GA 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 34 payments — averaging $144.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$3K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$852
- Shire North American Group Inc$110
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$38
- Coopervision Inc.$27
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,10322%
- Travel & lodging$1,44830%
- Food & beverage$2,34748%
- Education$70%
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 | 11 | $2,864 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 9 | $1,014 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $852 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $27 |
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.
- AIR OPTIX$1,197
- Acuvue$909
- Dailies Aqua Comfort Plus$795
- DAILIES TOTAL1 Multifocal$271
- Precision 1$188
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$148
- DURYSTA$117
- Clareon$116
- TOTAL30$112
- XIIDRA$110
How this compares
$4,905 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,285 optometrist providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 14 | $474 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Kingsland
- Joshua JohnstonAtlanta$993K
- John WomackCanton$931K
- Naheed AhmadRoswell$296K
- Scott MoscowRoswell$278K
- Stephen SummerowPerry$222K
- Janelle DavisonSmyrna$199K
- Keyle BrownDawsonville$182K
- Nacondus GambleFort Stewart$175K
- Amber ZaunbrecherAtlanta$99K
- Jeffrey CofieWarner Robins$93K
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.