William Black
Optometrist · Caldwell, IDNPI 1063591162
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (31.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 94.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $18,404 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $3,334 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in ID 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 284 payments — averaging $235.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$64K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$383
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$218
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$170
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$124
- plus $242 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,82528%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,27332%
- Travel & lodging$17,32926%
- Food & beverage$9,55614%
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 | 255 | $63,587 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 14 | $2,257 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $383 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $218 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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$40,288
- Precision 1$19,613
- DAILIES TOTAL1$15,731
- DAILIES$7,341
- AIR OPTIX$6,803
- Precision7$2,642
- Acuvue$1,987
- EYSUVIS$124
- INVELTYS$124
- BIOTRUE$122
- ULTRA$122
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$122
How this compares
$66,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 304 optometrist providers in Idaho.
Other optometrist in Caldwell
- Douglas AdamsCaldwell$6K
- James BewleyCaldwell$4K
- Darren HeinerCaldwell$4K
- Nicholas GonzalesCaldwell$2K
- Drew DaytonIdaho Falls$198K
- Philip RaineyBoise$175K
- Lavar KofoedBoise$91K
- Jason BeseckerMeridian$29K
- Mark McKellNampa$9K
- Marshall MerrellRexburg$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.