RxDoctor Payments Data

David Spinak, MD

Ophthalmology · Silverdale, WANPI 1942232913

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 24 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 11 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $242 and has fallen 75.3% since, to $60 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $767.

$779in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 24 payments — averaging $32.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Alcon$150
  • AbbVie$138
  • Genentech USA, Inc.$132
  • Sight Sciences, Inc.$92
  • Coherus Oncology, Inc.$63
  • Alimera Sciences, Inc.$54
  • plus $150 from 5 others
$350,202in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 42 payments — averaging $8338.13 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Genentech, Inc.$350K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$779100%

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

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25

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.

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

$779 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 428 ophthalmology providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$5,988,492
Medicare patients
1,141
Services billed
54,885

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Prednisolone Acetate43$2,061
Diclofenac Sodium42$483
Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha23$263

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other ophthalmology in Silverdale

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