Keith Rasmussen, OD
Optometrist · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1831195759
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. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 29.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $569, 3.8 times the $148 reported in 2019.
Across 55 payments — averaging $22.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$369
- AbbVie$231
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$168
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$107
- Novartis$86
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$53
- plus $224 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,238100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 16 | $369 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $231 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $168 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Novartis | 6 | $86 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $20 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,238 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 206 optometrist providers in South Dakota.
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 | 166 | $130,069 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 97 | $78,031 |
| Cyclosporine | 29 | $14,130 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 15 | $9,616 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 13 | $9,595 |
| Lotemax SmLoteprednol Etabonate | 14 | $3,689 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 74 | $2,218 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 15 | $352 |
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 | $231 | $130,069166 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $16 | $87,626110 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLotemax Sm | $24 | $3,68914 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 70th percentile of 206 optometrist providers in South Dakota.
Other optometrist in Sioux Falls
- Justin SchweitzerSioux Falls$753K
- Mitchel IbachSioux Falls$395K
- Jason SchmitSioux Falls$79K
- Jeffery SaylerSioux Falls$8K
- Kayla KarpukSioux Falls$6K
- Travis LehrSioux Falls$5K
- Matthew ClarkeSioux Falls$5K
- Ryan HaiarSioux Falls$4K
- Kristen KramlichSioux Falls$4K
- Joshua TimsSioux Falls$4K
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.