Jonathan Welch, MD
Ophthalmology · San Marcos, TXNPI 1407024227
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 148 payments — averaging $21.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$470
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$393
- Rxsight Inc$248
- Alcon$233
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$108
- plus $611 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$261%
- Food & beverage$3,18699%
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) | 55 | $1,148 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 22 | $470 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 8 | $393 |
| Rxsight Inc | 10 | $248 |
| Alcon | 13 | $233 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $97 |
| Novartis | 5 | $79 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $23 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 | 79 | $62,465 |
| Cyclosporine | 128 | $48,242 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 48 | $46,016 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 51 | $24,992 |
| Fluorometholone | 222 | $12,702 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 35 | $11,541 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 11 | $10,350 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 237 | $9,372 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 14 | $7,071 |
| Latanoprost | 660 | $5,648 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 20 | $4,772 |
| Travoprost | 33 | $4,528 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 30 | $3,571 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 154 | $2,985 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 144 | $2,968 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan | $1,148 | $98,998165 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $72 | $50,78868 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $108 | $10,35011 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan | $12 | $7,07114 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $233 | $2,71112 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $12 | $80711 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 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
Other ophthalmology in San Marcos
- Charles WykoffBellaire$73.4M
- David BrownHouston$51.7M
- Sunil PatelAbilene$11.1M
- Chirag JhaveriAustin$9.4M
- Robert WongAustin$6.6M
- Fuad MakkoukAustin$6.6M
- Patrick WilliamsArlington$6.6M
- Ashkan AbbeyDallas$5.7M
- Karl CsakyDallas$4.9M
- Michael SingerSan Antonio$4.2M
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.