Vu Nguyen
Optometrist · Pasadena, TXNPI 1457354706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 182 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 43.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,811, 3.2 times the $574 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in TX 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 182 payments — averaging $37.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$3K
- Coopervision Inc.$1K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$724
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$672
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$412
- Visioneering Technologies, Inc.$149
- plus $456 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,82699%
- Gifts$561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 68 | $3,009 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 57 | $1,461 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $724 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 17 | $672 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 9 | $412 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Alcon | 5 | $112 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $105 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $84 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- INFUSE$1,753
- Clariti Contact Lens$221
- Acuvue$115
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$110
- LOKELMA$105
How this compares
$6,882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,315 optometrist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 20 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Pasadena
- Tammi AllsepPasadena$46K
- 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
- Stacie VirdenWaco$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.