Linder Wingo, MD
Ophthalmology · Ocala, FLNPI 1699771907
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 66 payments — averaging $23.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$221
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$211
- Alcon$164
- Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC$136
- AbbVie$119
- Dompe US, Inc.$115
- plus $600 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,52397%
- Education$423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 11 | $221 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $211 |
| Alcon | 8 | $164 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $136 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $119 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $115 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $77 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Amgen | 2 | $50 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- INVELTYS$211
How this compares
$1,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XiidraLifitegrast | 47 | $50,364 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 52 | $44,347 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 62 | $29,863 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 32 | $23,322 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 607 | $20,319 |
| Latanoprost | 1,361 | $19,260 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 26 | $12,892 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 40 | $12,532 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 27 | $10,892 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 208 | $10,657 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 15 | $10,652 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 65 | $10,115 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 29 | $8,511 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 346 | $8,435 |
| Travoprost | 53 | $8,397 |
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, Alphagan P, Combigan | $119 | $99,634180 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $57 | $61,25674 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $60 | $33,97447 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $164 | $8,51129 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLotemax Sm, Loteprednol Etabonate | $77 | $5,39325 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 40th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
Other ophthalmology in Ocala
- David EichenbaumSt Petersburg$34.4M
- Robert RadenDelray Beach$7.8M
- Carl DanzigPompano Beach$5.3M
- Bruce SegalDelray Beach$4.7M
- Cathleen McCabeBradenton$4.6M
- Ivan SunerTampa$3.7M
- Sunir JoshiFt Lauderdale$3.7M
- Harold BrooksTallahassee$3.5M
- Matthew CunninghamOrlando$2.9M
- Benjamin ThomasJacksonville$2.8M
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.