Austin Anderson, OD
Optometrist · Wasilla, AKNPI 1063068328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. at 25.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,001 and has fallen 50.0% since, to $500 in 2025.
Across 124 payments — averaging $24.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$788
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$378
- Alcon$378
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$367
- Novartis$337
- AbbVie$230
- plus $593 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,071100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 31 | $788 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 21 | $378 |
| Alcon | 9 | $378 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $367 |
| Novartis | 21 | $337 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $230 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $152 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $121 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Quidel Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$3,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 163 optometrist providers in Alaska.
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 | 22 | $37,050 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 18 | $33,064 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 29 | $20,174 |
| Cyclosporine | 28 | $19,681 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 23 | $11,248 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 13 | $9,744 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 24 | $7,972 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 15 | $5,303 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 30 | $3,890 |
| Latanoprost | 152 | $3,168 |
| Fluorometholone | 15 | $2,806 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 19 | $1,185 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 61 | $1,040 |
| Timolol Maleate | 47 | $746 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 11 | $426 |
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, Alphagan P | $230 | $68,47374 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $378 | $33,06418 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $152 | $9,74413 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan | $11 | $7,97224 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 85th percentile of 163 optometrist providers in Alaska.
Other optometrist in Wasilla
- Amber MayberryWasilla$4K
- Alyssa HarrisWasilla$1K
- Andrea EberleAnchorage$10K
- David KarpikKenai$7K
- Steven DobsonAnchorage$6K
- Herbert WentzienAnchorage$5K
- Kathleen RiceKenai$5K
- Nhan TranAnchorage$5K
- Bethany BeckerAnchorage$5K
- Elizabeth BowAnchorage$4K
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.