Rohit Krishna, MD
Ophthalmology · Independence, MONPI 1831197912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $40,000 of the $57,317 with a category attached, or 69.8%. Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MO 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 29 payments — averaging $1976.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$40K
- Glaukos Corporation$16K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$316
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$233
- Amgen$60
- AbbVie$53
- plus $132 from 6 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $3207.42 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.
- AbbVie$55K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,33328%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,00070%
- Food & beverage$9842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $40,061 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 7 | $16,463 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 3 | $316 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 4 | $233 |
| Amgen | 1 | $60 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $53 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Alcon | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- iStent Infinite$9,750
- Travoprost Intraocular Implant - iDose$3,333
- ARTEVO 800$191
- LUMERA 700$140
- OPMI Lumera$117
- Photrexa$105
How this compares
$57,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 ophthalmology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 165 | $91,789 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 173 | $73,757 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 122 | $47,771 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 40 | $43,886 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 196 | $43,444 |
| Latanoprost | 2,293 | $34,170 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 93 | $24,796 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 35 | $21,204 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 1,002 | $17,324 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 14 | $16,302 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 465 | $16,180 |
| Brinzolamide | 73 | $13,484 |
| Travoprost | 74 | $12,013 |
| AzoptBrinzolamide | 18 | $11,181 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 18 | $10,877 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan, Alphagan P, Restasis | $53 | $257,203500 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza, Azopt | $29 | $35,977111 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $40,061 | $16,30214 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 95th percentile of 286 ophthalmology providers in Missouri.
Other ophthalmology in Independence
- Ajay SinghIndependence$66K
- Steven SilversteinKansas City$872K
- Ranjan MalhotraSaint Louis$809K
- Nancy HolekampChesterfield$768K
- Jay PeposeChesterfield$516K
- Gregg BerdySaint Louis$360K
- Joseph GiraDes Peres$174K
- Joseph TauberKansas City$174K
- Jella AnColumbia$166K
- Shachar TauberSpringfield$150K
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.