Mithaq Vahedi, MD
Ophthalmology · Eau Claire, WINPI 1942565890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,725 of the $5,803 with a category attached, or 64.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,097 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $68 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 65 payments — averaging $89.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Alcon$2K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$649
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$289
- Regeneron$125
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$119
- plus $288 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,07836%
- Food & beverage$3,72564%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $2,301 |
| Alcon | 19 | $2,031 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 9 | $649 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $289 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $125 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- DURYSTA$861
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$604
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$317
- LUMIGAN$245
- EYLEA$241
- Hydrus Microstent$139
- Rocklatan$119
- Rhopressa$119
- AcrySof$117
- SIMBRINZA$112
- SION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT$108
- VYZULTA$100
How this compares
$5,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 ophthalmology providers in Wisconsin.
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 | 250 | $12,194 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 226 | $4,859 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 15 | $3,732 |
| Latanoprost | 87 | $1,009 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 23 | $820 |
| Timolol Maleate | 34 | $493 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 27 | $358 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 16 | $355 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 13 | $241 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta | $38 | $3,73215 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 90th percentile of 337 ophthalmology providers in Wisconsin.
Other ophthalmology in Eau Claire
- Inder SinghRacine$2.5M
- Deepak SambharaWausau$388K
- John VukichWauwatosa$356K
- Eugene EldridgeKenosha$294K
- Michael ShapiroMadison$71K
- Douglas SalmAppleton$38K
- Julia AgapovMadison$26K
- Thomas HarveyChippewa Falls$23K
- Michael VrabecAppleton$20K
- Philip SmithMinocqua$18K
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.