Physician profile

William D Hood

Optometrist · Cartersville, GA

NPI 1184110249

$5,780.02

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

13 companies · $2,992 in 2025

The $2,992 reported for 2025 was more than what 98% of Optometrist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program$2,000.00
Food and Beverage$1,966.57
Travel and Lodging$980.56
Entertainment$22.94

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Alcon Vision LLC $2,397.87 2019-2025 Air Optix, Dailies Aqua Comfort Plus, Precision7
Bausch & Lomb Americas INC. $2,367.71 2022-2025 Zenlens, Infuse, Biotrue One Day
Oyster Point Pharma, INC. $241.72 2022-2025 Tyrvaya
Coopervision INC. $157.90 2019-2025 Clariti Contact Lens, Myday Contact Lens, Misight Contact Lens
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC. $152.14 2019-2022
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, INC. $134.74 2024-2025 Xdemvy
Glaukos Corporation $123.52 2021
Abb Con-Cise Optical Group LLC $71.88 2020-2024 Contact Lens, Spectacle Lenses
Visioneering Technologies, INC. $57.16 2024
Optos, INC. $22.94 2025 Panoramic Ophthalmoscope, Oct Ophthalmoscope, Nfc-700
Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag $19.40 2020
Dompe US, INC. $18.73 2025 Oxervate
Bausch & Lomb, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.31 2020

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

William D Hood

$5,780.02

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Alcon Vision LLC
Context
The $2,992 reported for 2025 was more than what 98% of Optometrist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.