Thomas Spetalnick
Optometrist · Atlanta, GANPI 1124114046
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 137 payments — averaging $52.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$933
- Glaukos Corporation$880
- AbbVie$626
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$610
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$551
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$423
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$130%
- Food & beverage$6,98998%
- Entertainment$1332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 18 | $933 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 14 | $880 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $626 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $610 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 23 | $551 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $423 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $417 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $364 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $291 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $250 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $249 |
| Novartis | 7 | $230 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $203 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $155 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $117 |
| Iridex Corporation | 1 | $116 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $38 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Staar Surgical Company | 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.
- CEQUA$547
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$263
- VEVYE$250
- PANORAMIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE$229
- OCT OPHTHALMOSCOPE$229
- MiSight Contact Lens$209
- CE-marked KXLA system$155
- TRYPTYR$150
- TYRVAYA$145
- KXL System$140
- Photrexa$140
- TearCare SmartLid$139
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$139
- DAILIES$135
- Acuvue$132
- EUREKA$116
- INVELTYS$115
- NFC-700$115
- Clariti Contact Lens$111
- Oxervate$111
How this compares
$7,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,285 optometrist providers in Georgia.
Other optometrist in Atlanta
- Joshua JohnstonAtlanta$997K
- Katherine WooAtlanta$336K
- Stephanie RossAtlanta$283K
- Amber ZaunbrecherAtlanta$99K
- Emily LoveAtlanta$35K
- Carla AndersonAtlanta$29K
- Sarah FlanaganAtlanta$21K
- Anisha HajiAtlanta$19K
- Anar MauryaAtlanta$18K
- Jonathan ChenAtlanta$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.