Kevin Waltz
Ophthalmology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1568405561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $180,424 of the $199,061 with a category attached, or 90.6%. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. accounts for 61.4% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $68,169 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $6,418 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in IN 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 150 payments — averaging $1327.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$122K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$49K
- Alcon Research LLC$12K
- Glaukos Corporation$8K
- Lensar, Inc.$6K
- Alcon$431
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 60 payments — averaging $11,049 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.
- Glaukos Corporation$510K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$97K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$57K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$180,42491%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0002%
- Grants$5,0003%
- Travel & lodging$5,7193%
- Food & beverage$4,9182%
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. | 87 | $122,240 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 9 | $48,634 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 8 | $12,465 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 6 | $7,798 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 16 | $6,450 |
| Alcon | 4 | $431 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 7 | $287 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $227 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $134 |
| Novartis | 2 | $131 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $75 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Catalys Laser System$58,258
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$57,311
- Compact Intuitiv$19,621
- IFS ADVANCED FEMTOSEC LASER$19,621
- INTRALASE FS FEMTOSEC LASER$19,621
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$16,979
- Tecnis Toric 1-piece IOL$13,300
- Tecnis IOL$11,976
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$11,200
- Tecnis 3-piece IOL$11,200
- Tecnis Symphony IOL$11,200
- Tecnis Symphony Toric IOL$11,200
- LENSAR LASER SYSTEM$6,279
- Tecnis Symfony Toric IOL$2,100
- CATALYS SYSTEM$1,430
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$1,194
- Whitestar Phacoemulsficiation System$844
- DAILIES$317
- UltraSert$136
- XIIDRA$100
How this compares
$199,061 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 266 ophthalmology providers in Indiana.
Other ophthalmology in Indianapolis
- Janet HummerIndianapolis$96K
- Francis PriceIndianapolis$67K
- Michael OrrIndianapolis$26K
- Matthew FengIndianapolis$22K
- John LindIndianapolis$20K
- Shaohui LiuIndianapolis$19K
- John LatonaIndianapolis$18K
- William WhitsonIndianapolis$15K
- Thierry WilbrandtIndianapolis$13K
- Anthony LombardoIndianapolis$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.