Thomas Spetalnick
Optometrist · Atlanta, GANPI 1124114046
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 137 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,033, 3.2 times the $629 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in GA 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 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 95th percentile of 1,285 optometrist providers in Georgia.
Other optometrist in Atlanta
- Joshua JohnstonAtlanta$993K
- Amber ZaunbrecherAtlanta$99K
- Emily LoveAtlanta$35K
- Carla AndersonAtlanta$29K
- Sarah FlanaganAtlanta$21K
- Anisha HajiAtlanta$19K
- Anar MauryaAtlanta$18K
- Jonathan ChenAtlanta$15K
- Heer VaishnavAtlanta$14K
- Mohammad AljabiAtlanta$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.