Padma Ponugoti, MD
Ophthalmology · Terre Haute, INNPI 1952419004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,708 of the $5,745 with a category attached, or 81.9%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. at 30.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,060 and has fallen 70.7% since, to $603 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $54.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$2K
- Alcon$1K
- AbbVie$644
- Lensar, Inc.$289
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$173
- Novartis$162
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,03818%
- Food & beverage$4,70882%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 19 | $1,724 |
| Alcon | 28 | $1,427 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $644 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 1 | $289 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Novartis | 5 | $162 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $146 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $144 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $128 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $123 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $30 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Tearlab Corp | 1 | $19 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Quidel Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$1,156
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$1,156
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$1,156
- LENSAR LASER SYSTEM$289
- Clareon$253
- Rhopressa$244
- Rocklatan$244
- Izervay$144
- ARGOS$135
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3$128
- LenSx$127
- DURYSTA$125
- IHEEZO$125
- TRIESENCE$125
- RESTASIS$125
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$121
- DEXYCU$114
- Cyclosporine/Chondroitin PF$111
- Dex-Moxi$111
- MKO Melt$111
How this compares
$5,745 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 266 ophthalmology providers in Indiana.
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 | 367 | $9,492 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 348 | $3,824 |
| Ofloxacin | 351 | $3,697 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 46 | $883 |
| Latanoprost | 13 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Terre Haute
- Shamik BafnaLafayette$505K
- Kevin WaltzIndianapolis$199K
- Janet HummerIndianapolis$96K
- Francis PriceIndianapolis$67K
- Omar DukarEvansville$43K
- Gerald RoperBatesville$34K
- Dwight SilveraEvansville$28K
- Michael OrrIndianapolis$26K
- Matthew FengIndianapolis$22K
- John LindIndianapolis$20K
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.