Joseph Walker
Retina Specialist · Ft Myers, FLNPI 1306806641
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by ownership interests: $9,783 of the $9,910 with a category attached, or 98.7%. US Retina LLC accounts for 98.7% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2022 is the largest year on record at $4,716, 2.4 times the $1,947 reported in 2019.
Across 11 payments — averaging $900.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- US Retina LLC$10K
- Novartis$77
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$51
Across 80 payments — averaging $7568.55 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$440K
- Regeneron$165K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1281%
- Ownership interest$9,78399%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| US Retina LLC | 6 | $9,783 |
| Novartis | 4 | $77 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
How this compares
$9,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 118 retina specialist providers in Florida.
Other retina specialist in Ft Myers
- Paul RaskauskasFt Myers$11K
- Avtar GhumanFt Myers$11K
- Sunil GuptaPensacola$1.8M
- Joseph NezgodaWest Palm Beach$600K
- Eduardo UchiyamaFt Lauderdale$356K
- Thomas AlbiniMiami$281K
- Audina BerrocalMiami$210K
- Philip RosenfeldMiami$206K
- John MyersPensacola$152K
- Timothy MurraySouth Miami$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.