Tiffany Huynh
Optometrist · Houston, TXNPI 1427789304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 31.2% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 43 payments — averaging $118.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Modernatx, Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$611
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$418
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$256
- Amgen$242
- plus $430 from 5 others
Across 108 payments — averaging $29,174 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3.2M
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,08141%
- Food & beverage$3,03159%
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 | 8 | $1,597 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 5 | $1,559 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 7 | $611 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $418 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $256 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $242 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $174 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $102 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US 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.
- TOTAL30$246
- INFUSE$245
- MIEBO$227
- TEPEZZA$143
- Rhopressa$125
- Rocklatan$125
- XIIDRA$125
- CEQUA$119
- XDEMVY$117
- Oxervate$117
- Precision 1$107
- DAILIES TOTAL1$107
- Precision7$107
- VUITY$102
How this compares
$5,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,315 optometrist providers in Texas.
Other optometrist in Houston
- Claudio LagunasHouston$644K
- Ashley Wallace-TuckerHouston$547K
- Bridgitte LeeHouston$222K
- Phillip BrunsonHouston$214K
- Maria WalkerHouston$128K
- Seema NandaHouston$87K
- Danica MarrelliHouston$87K
- Richard BakerHouston$78K
- Karen LeeHouston$71K
- Nishi MehdirattaHouston$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.