Sushma Vance, MD
Ophthalmology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1124210281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 64 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $427 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $149 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $1,824.
Across 64 payments — averaging $25.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$227
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$184
- Novartis$152
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$131
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$128
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$122
- plus $698 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,642100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $227 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $184 |
| Novartis | 8 | $152 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $131 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $128 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $115 |
| Alcon | 4 | $71 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $39 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Syfovre$122
How this compares
$1,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
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 | 27 | $1,797 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 14 | $1,683 |
| Difluprednate | 13 | $1,031 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 37 | $900 |
| Latanoprost | 73 | $830 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 24 | $782 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 25 | $226 |
| Timolol Maleate | 12 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Jacksonville
- Syril DorairajJacksonville$432K
- Frank BowdenJacksonville$169K
- David KostickJacksonville$108K
- Cathleen McCabeBradenton$2M
- Daniel KiernanSarasota$1.7M
- David EichenbaumSt Petersburg$1.7M
- Mark MilnerPalm Beach Gardens$1.2M
- Neel DesaiLargo$1M
- Jorge FortunPalm Beach Gardens$798K
- Courtney BoveeTampa$796K
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.