Thomas Hobbs
Optometrist · Sedalia, MONPI 1588628143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 69.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $18,856 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $346 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in MO 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 154 payments — averaging $344.46 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$37K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$16K
- Alcon$148
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$132
- Menicon America Inc$120
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$106
- plus $91 from 1 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $7418.50 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$74K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,30014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,57554%
- Travel & lodging$13,68726%
- Food & beverage$3,4867%
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 | 84 | $36,705 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 61 | $15,745 |
| Alcon | 3 | $148 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Menicon America Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $91 |
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.
- INFUSE$28,108
- BIOTRUE$13,711
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$8,140
- ULTRA$6,892
- LENSCRAFTERS$4,538
- ULTRA MULTIFOCAL TORIC$2,588
- Miru$120
- Precision7$120
- CEQUA$112
- Acuvue$106
How this compares
$53,047 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,030 optometrist providers in Missouri.
Other optometrist in Sedalia
- Andrew BiondoKirkwood$300K
- John McGrealSaint Louis$126K
- Alana KellerWildwood$94K
- Sarah HubbardChesterfield$91K
- Ariel CerenzieSaint Louis$76K
- Geoffrey PowellKansas City$55K
- Heather WebsterColumbia$52K
- Sean MulqueenyCreve Coeur$45K
- Glen LojkaEllisville$45K
- Paul LuongSaint Louis$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.