Donald Gauldin, MD
Ophthalmology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1871912204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 55 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $353 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $109 in 2025.
Across 55 payments — averaging $22.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$343
- Alcon$160
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$129
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$126
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$69
- Novartis$66
- plus $325 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,218100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $343 |
| Alcon | 9 | $160 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $126 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Novartis | 4 | $66 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $38 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Prokera$129
- AmnioGraft$129
How this compares
$1,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 125 ophthalmology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 157 | $60,336 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 74 | $21,749 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 17 | $10,386 |
| Latanoprost | 1,059 | $8,146 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 551 | $7,008 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 12 | $4,227 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 162 | $4,183 |
| Travoprost | 42 | $3,658 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 42 | $3,562 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 97 | $3,323 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 58 | $1,966 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 54 | $1,558 |
| Timolol Maleate | 144 | $1,400 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 86 | $932 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 58 | $753 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan, Alphagan P | $343 | $92,470248 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan | $23 | $4,22712 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 60th percentile of 125 ophthalmology providers in Arkansas.
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- Daniel KimLittle Rock$2K
- Justin LieblongLittle Rock$2K
- Kent ZocchiLittle Rock$2K
- Lydia LaneLittle Rock$2K
- Richard MorshediLittle Rock$2K
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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.