Timothy Poling
Optometrist · Roanoke, VANPI 1013353390
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,147 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $15 in 2024. Among optometrist clinicians in VA 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 29 payments — averaging $152.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$3K
- Alcon$2K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$38
- Coopervision Inc.$20
Across 131 payments — averaging $10,451 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.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$1.4M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50034%
- Travel & lodging$2,27951%
- Food & beverage$64815%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 17 | $2,560 |
| Alcon | 9 | $1,809 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- DAILIES$1,740
How this compares
$4,427 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,230 optometrist providers in Virginia.
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.
Other optometrist in Roanoke
- Donald ScothornRoanoke$16K
- Erin WoodsRoanoke$8K
- Walter WhitleyNorfolk$546K
- Jacqueline TheisRichmond$80K
- Joseph AllenRichmond$75K
- Keith SmithsonReston$74K
- Michael SwattsChesapeake$59K
- Kurt DevitoVirginia Beach$54K
- Walter SchlabachHarrisonburg$31K
- Mark AbrahamFalls Church$30K
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.