Maria Fernandez, MD
Ophthalmology · Des Plaines, ILNPI 1235652207
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 22 payments — averaging $219.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$3K
- Alcon$1K
- Coopervision Inc.$204
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$153
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$152
- Oculus Surgical Inc.$133
- plus $344 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,28047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2044%
- Food & beverage$2,35049%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $2,663 |
| Alcon | 7 | $1,185 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $204 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Oculus Surgical Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $62 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- VABYSMO$2,601
- Constellation$257
- MiSight Contact Lens$204
- Iluvien$152
- Syfovre$119
- STELLARIS$118
- EYLEA HD$117
How this compares
$4,834 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 773 ophthalmology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 45 | $1,510 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 19 | $315 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 15 | $185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Des Plaines
- James KatzDes Plaines$708K
- Veeral ShethOak Forest$14.8M
- Seenu HariprasadChicago$2.3M
- Lisa NijmSpringfield$1.9M
- Manjot GillChicago$1.4M
- Mitchell JacksonLake Villa$1.4M
- Ramanath BhandariSpringfield$1.2M
- Kathleen MornoNorth Riverside$1.2M
- Amani FawziChicago$864K
- Navaneet Chailert BorisuthRock Island$737K
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.