Thomas Stokkermans, OD
Optometrist · Cleveland, OHNPI 1073539870
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.0% of the total across 269 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,247, 3.2 times the $1,010 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in OH 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 269 payments — averaging $45.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- Alcon$1K
- AbbVie$940
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$808
- plus $4K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4894%
- Food & beverage$11,68396%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 26 | $2,092 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 24 | $1,763 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 30 | $1,370 |
| Alcon | 43 | $1,096 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $940 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 26 | $808 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 12 | $739 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 8 | $738 |
| Novartis | 22 | $640 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $583 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $277 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $220 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 7 | $219 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 7 | $194 |
| Quidel Corporation | 2 | $135 |
| Amgen | 4 | $77 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, 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.
- Prokera$1,334
- AmnioGraft$1,309
- XDEMVY$687
- XIIDRA$686
- MIEBO$686
- INFUSE$444
- TYRVAYA$316
- RESTASIS$249
- CEQUA$238
- Acuvue$220
- BIOTRUE$218
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$145
- Precision7$132
- ScoutPro Osmolarity System$131
- ALDEN SCLERAL ZENLENS$125
- Oxervate$125
- Syfovre$125
- MyDay Contact Lens$123
- Paragon CRT$113
- MiSight Contact Lens$102
How this compares
$12,173 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,995 optometrist providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 130 | $135,004 |
| XdemvyLotilaner | 51 | $96,834 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 106 | $85,732 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 81 | $78,828 |
| Cyclosporine | 57 | $34,168 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 21 | $20,855 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 19 | $9,481 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 13 | $6,158 |
| Timolol Maleate | 37 | $3,669 |
| Fluorometholone | 44 | $2,536 |
| Latanoprost | 262 | $2,330 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 35 | $815 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 15 | $755 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 17 | $747 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 43 | $691 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Miebo, Xiidra, Vyzulta | $1,763 | $174,041206 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan | $940 | $141,162143 claims |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Xdemvy | $1,370 | $96,83451 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $583 | $20,85521 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,995 optometrist providers in Ohio.
Other optometrist in Cleveland
- Thomas ChesterCleveland$300K
- Sara HitchmanCleveland$20K
- Loretta Szczotka-FlynnCleveland$14K
- Joseph KeaneyCleveland$11K
- Mile BrujicBowling Green$1.3M
- Gregory DenaeyerColumbus$846K
- Cory LappinMontgomery$367K
- Chris SmileyColumbus$305K
- Carly RoseCincinnati$203K
- Wendy HallierReynoldsburg$200K
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.