George Waring, MD
Ophthalmology · Mt Pleasant, SCNPI 1447465406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $536,702 of the $645,074 with a category attached, or 83.2%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. at 44.0% of the total. Among ophthalmology clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 656 payments — averaging $983.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$284K
- AbbVie$119K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$85K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$80K
- Glaukos Corporation$33K
- Omeros Corporation$16K
- plus $28K from 21 others
Across 54 payments — averaging $7998.57 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.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$265K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$129K
- AbbVie$34K
- Glaukos Corporation$2K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$536,70283%
- Speaking & faculty fees$63,98410%
- Grants$1,0000%
- Travel & lodging$19,6563%
- Food & beverage$21,1633%
- Education$2,5060%
- Entertainment$620%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 256 | $283,707 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 163 | $119,145 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $85,158 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 56 | $79,765 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 39 | $33,186 |
| Omeros Corporation | 31 | $15,954 |
| Novartis | 4 | $6,239 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $4,953 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $3,872 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 4 | $2,665 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 2 | $1,648 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 27 | $1,565 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 3 | $1,508 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $1,381 |
| Oculus, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Alcon | 19 | $961 |
| Staar Surgical Company | 6 | $805 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $412 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 3 | $377 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $223 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 2 | $44 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $32 |
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.
- Compact Intuitiv$98,657
- INTRALASE FS FEMTOSEC LASER$98,657
- IFS ADVANCED FEMTOSEC LASER$98,032
- Catalys Laser System$64,906
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$59,578
- TENEO$49,312
- Tecnis IOL$34,698
- VUITY$28,972
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$26,730
- enVista Aspire IOL$16,471
- OMIDRIA$15,413
- Tecnis Toric 1-piece IOL$14,672
- STELLARIS ELITE$13,921
- KXL System$13,080
- Tecnis Simplicity$11,426
- Tecnis Symphony IOL$11,100
- Tecnis Symphony Toric IOL$11,100
- RESTASIS$9,742
- CE-marked KXLA system$9,667
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$7,275
How this compares
$645,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 293 ophthalmology providers in South Carolina.
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 | 23 | $1,386 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 44 | $1,305 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 26 | $622 |
| Latanoprost | 33 | $250 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $33 |
| Lorazepam | 30 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Mt Pleasant
- Kerry SolomonMt Pleasant$1.7M
- Erik HappMt Pleasant$124K
- William ClarkWest Columbia$768K
- Karolinne RochaCharleston$552K
- Joseph BishopHilton Head Island$136K
- Matthew ClaryColumbia$119K
- Kunal KanitkarLexington$83K
- Carl SloanMyrtle Beach$78K
- David VromanLadson$61K
- Drew DicksonCharleston$53K
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.