Jonathan Walgama, MD
Ophthalmology · Longview, TXNPI 1477846871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. at 41.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,835.
Across 31 payments — averaging $33.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$435
- Rxsight Inc$221
- Alcon$145
- Ivantis, Inc$62
- Glaukos Corporation$34
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$30
- plus $114 from 5 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $4615.38 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.
- Rxsight Inc$60K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,040100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 8 | $435 |
| Rxsight Inc | 8 | $221 |
| Alcon | 5 | $145 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 2 | $62 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
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
$1,040 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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 | 18 | $15,554 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 154 | $7,479 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 12 | $4,785 |
| Latanoprost | 435 | $4,291 |
| Timolol Maleate | 97 | $2,752 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 140 | $2,352 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 93 | $2,051 |
| Ofloxacin | 59 | $586 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 48 | $487 |
| Acyclovir | 23 | $467 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 56 | $379 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 16 | $284 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Longview
- Michael SingerSan Antonio$1.8M
- Oluwatosin SmithDallas$1.5M
- Charles WykoffBellaire$1.5M
- John MichelettiHouston$916K
- Davinder GroverDallas$705K
- Christina WengHouston$676K
- Peter ChangHouston$656K
- Zaina Al-MohtasebHouston$636K
- Ashkan AbbeyDallas$559K
- Stephen SladeHouston$530K
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.