Veronica Garcia, OD
Optometrist · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1194497750
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 40.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,480, more than ten times the $93 reported in 2022. 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 42 payments — averaging $113.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- Alcon$2K
- Glaukos Corporation$405
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$222
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$216
- Coopervision Inc.$140
- plus $256 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,65356%
- Food & beverage$2,09344%
- Education$70%
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 | $1,914 |
| Alcon | 6 | $1,601 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 5 | $405 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $222 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $216 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $60 |
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.
- Acuvue$1,652
- RADIUS$169
- MIEBO$122
- XIIDRA$122
- XDEMVY$122
- Photrexa Viscous and Photrexa$119
- Precision7$109
- TYRVAYA$103
How this compares
$4,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,315 optometrist providers in Texas.
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 Corpus Christi
- John McIntyreCorpus Christi$73K
- Edward GarzaCorpus Christi$25K
- Derek CunninghamAustin$940K
- Claudio LagunasHouston$644K
- Ashley Wallace-TuckerHouston$547K
- Luis RojasMcKinney$309K
- Emile FadelAustin$225K
- Bridgitte LeeHouston$222K
- Phillip BrunsonHouston$214K
- Jill AutryBellaire$171K
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.