Ronald Krueger, MD
Ophthalmology · Omaha, NENPI 1356385876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $174,996 of the $223,585 with a category attached, or 78.3%. Alcon accounts for 61.0% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among ophthalmology clinicians in NE 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 233 payments — averaging $959.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$136K
- Alcon Research LLC$54K
- Glaukos Corporation$17K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$6K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$4K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- plus $4K from 18 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $7657.02 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$79K
- Alcon Research LLC$4K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$600
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$174,99678%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,1001%
- Travel & lodging$29,81913%
- Food & beverage$15,6337%
- Gifts$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 126 | $136,396 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 17 | $53,655 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 21 | $16,757 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 5 | $6,043 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 26 | $4,316 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $2,400 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 12 | $1,017 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 3 | $759 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $409 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 4 | $394 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $248 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Novartis | 1 | $120 |
| Staar Surgical Company | 1 | $105 |
| Biogen | 1 | $98 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$66,542
- WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser$39,106
- Wavelight$39,092
- LenSx$14,102
- Systane$14,000
- ILUX$14,000
- Epioxa$8,925
- Clareon$8,306
- Hydrus Microstent$7,000
- ARGOS$6,300
- iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser$3,000
- TENEO$2,541
- Travoprost Intraocular Implant - iDose$2,007
- KXL System$1,570
- ILINK$1,500
- NGENUITY$1,302
- CE-marked KXLA system$1,200
- AcrySof$1,133
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$1,000
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY$1,000
How this compares
$223,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 ophthalmology providers in Nebraska.
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.
Other ophthalmology in Omaha
- Brandon BaartmanOmaha$226K
- Lorraine ProvencherOmaha$220K
- Lance KuglerOmaha$41K
- Rao ChunduryOmaha$14K
- Shane HavensOmaha$6K
- Brandon MenkeOmaha$6K
- Sao LiuOmaha$5K
- Michael HalstedOmaha$4K
- Thomas HejkalOmaha$4K
- Sao LiuOmaha$4K
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.