Andrew Steffensmeier, MD
Ophthalmology · West Des Moines, IANPI 1225246838
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 120 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $968 and has fallen 52.2% since, to $463 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $26.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$700
- AbbVie$518
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$322
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$239
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$173
- Novartis$161
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,122100%
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 | 19 | $700 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $518 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $322 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 10 | $239 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $173 |
| Novartis | 7 | $161 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $150 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $139 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $94 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 5 | $82 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $78 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, 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.
How this compares
$3,122 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 172 ophthalmology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 55 | $66,047 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 23 | $34,354 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 40 | $23,589 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 29 | $13,795 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 30 | $10,254 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 12 | $9,204 |
| Cyclosporine | 16 | $8,181 |
| Timolol Maleate | 140 | $4,873 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 95 | $4,274 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 21 | $3,870 |
| Latanoprost | 237 | $3,040 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 17 | $2,669 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 23 | $2,391 |
| Fluorometholone | 20 | $2,128 |
| Difluprednate | 12 | $1,744 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan | $518 | $103,430124 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $80 | $43,55835 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Loteprednol Etabonate | $94 | $12,92347 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 172 ophthalmology providers in Iowa.
Other ophthalmology in West Des Moines
- Jared NielsenWest Des Moines$117K
- Matthew RauenWest Des Moines$108K
- Kyle AllimanWest Des Moines$8K
- Frederick BlodiWest Des Moines$6K
- Valerie KounkelWest Des Moines$4K
- George ClavennaWest Des Moines$4K
- Matthew RaeckerWest Des Moines$3K
- Mohamed HassanWest Des Moines$3K
- Steven JohnsonWest Des Moines$3K
- David SaggauWest Des Moines$3K
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.