Dawn Wattenhofer
Optometrist · Rapid City, SDNPI 1154390573
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lumenis BE Inc at 59.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,079, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2019.
Across 15 payments — averaging $94.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lumenis BE Inc$849
- Topcon Healthcare, Inc.$137
- Coopervision Inc.$98
- AbbVie$92
- Alcon$78
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$76
- plus $91 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,421100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $849 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $92 |
| Alcon | 4 | $78 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- M22$849
How this compares
$1,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 206 optometrist providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 14 | $361 |
| Latanoprost | 40 | $286 |
| Timolol Maleate | 20 | $211 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Rapid City
- William HolecRapid City$2K
- Sarah HoudekRapid City$2K
- Scott SchirberRapid City$2K
- Sarah KuipersRapid City$1K
- Michael EllenderRapid City$1K
- Dwayne IceRapid City$1K
- Justin SchweitzerSioux Falls$753K
- Mitchel IbachSioux Falls$395K
- Jason SchmitSioux Falls$79K
- Darren DohmanAberdeen$22K
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.