William Thomas
Optometrist · Box Elder, MTNPI 1275543225
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 22 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 56.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $277 and has fallen 62.0% since, to $105 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $39.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$494
- Shire North American Group Inc$121
- Coopervision Inc.$115
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$52
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$50
- Optos, Inc.$28
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$84697%
- Entertainment$283%
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 | 14 | $494 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Precision 1$133
- DAILIES TOTAL1$133
- XIIDRA$121
- Non-Product Brand Specific$115
- ILUX$101
How this compares
$874 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 184 optometrist providers in Montana.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TobradexTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 13 | $3,296 |
| Latanoprost | 242 | $2,824 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 15 | $1,670 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 29 | $1,322 |
| Timolol Maleate | 21 | $253 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 14 | $182 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Box Elder
- David BauerBillings$4K
- Marisa HessLivingston$4K
- Dirk BeyerHamilton$4K
- Joseph VincentGreat Falls$3K
- Justine RedlinGreat Falls$3K
- Christopher QuallsHamilton$2K
- Travis WhittBozeman$2K
- Mariah MitmanHamilton$2K
- Jennipher HarperBozeman$2K
- Matthew DooperGreat Falls$2K
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.