Robyn Epley
Optometrist · Council Bluffs, IANPI 1962844316
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,354 of the $2,220 with a category attached, or 61.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. at 55.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,095 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $55 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $71.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$1K
- Alcon$577
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$114
- Amgen$88
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$67
- Rxsight Inc$42
- plus $110 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$86539%
- Food & beverage$1,35461%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 9 | $1,220 |
| Alcon | 11 | $577 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Amgen | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $42 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $13 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Precision 1$270
- CEQUA$114
- DAILIES$105
How this compares
$2,220 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 559 optometrist providers in Iowa.
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 | 12 | $395 |
| Latanoprost | 55 | $308 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Council Bluffs
- Ryan LemppCouncil Bluffs$5K
- Matthew TaylorCouncil Bluffs$4K
- Sara ButterworthCoralville$191K
- Ethan HuismanWaukee$111K
- Kelsi SawatzkyWest Des Moines$26K
- Heidi BellClive$19K
- Jennifer DenhartogClive$16K
- Wendianne WilsonUrbandale$14K
- Daniel KoenigAmes$11K
- Lexie FranzeenWest Des Moines$7K
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.