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DONNIE C AKERS
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DONNIE C AKERS

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
341 COURT ST, PAINTSVILLE, KY, 41240-1051
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DR. DONNIE AKERS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

16

payments

$2,776

payment total

6

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 2 $2,092
Consulting
 4 $300
Food and Beverage
 8 $234
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $150

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
IOLMASTER 500

device

 $2,092
AIR OPTIX

device

 $192
ACUVUE

device

 $157
RESTASIS

drug

 $103
DAILIES

device

 $82
CLARITI CONTACT LENS

device

 $75
BIOFINITY CONTACT LENS

device

 $75
OPD-III

device

 $35
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Dec 20, 2018 $2,069 IOLMASTER 500 Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $103 RESTASIS Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $75 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Consulting COOPERVISION INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $75 AIR OPTIX Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC Wink Productions
Apr 20, 2018 $75 ACUVUE Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $75 AIR OPTIX Promotional Speaking/Other ALCON LABORATORIES INC Wink Productions
Apr 18, 2018 $75 BIOFINITY CONTACT LENS Consulting COOPERVISION INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $75 ACUVUE Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Apr 14, 2018 $47 DAILIES Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 2, 2018 $35 DAILIES AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 12, 2018 $35 OPD-III Food and Beverage MARCO OPHTHALMIC, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $23 IOLMASTER 500 Travel and Lodging CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $4 AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC Wink Productions
Apr 20, 2018 $4 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $3 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Jul 2, 2018 $3 AIR OPTIX Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC Wink Productions
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.