Taras Semchyshyn
Ophthalmology · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1194804047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $390 of the $560 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 53.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $395, 3.3 times the $118 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,378.
Across 12 payments — averaging $46.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$297
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$125
- NEW World Medical,inc.$91
- Omeros Corporation$30
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$17
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$17030%
- Food & beverage$39070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 4 | $297 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $91 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$560 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 588 ophthalmology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 24 | $25,593 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 552 | $20,515 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 502 | $11,831 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 58 | $11,574 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 82 | $6,915 |
| Lotemax SmLoteprednol Etabonate | 11 | $2,691 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 23 | $1,414 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 88 | $1,105 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 134 | $1,095 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 27 | $1,061 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 22 | $936 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 64 | $871 |
| Latanoprost | 69 | $823 |
| Acetazolamide ErAcetazolamide | 12 | $779 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 31 | $557 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Winston Salem
- Rajiv ShahWinston Salem$909K
- Keith WalterWinston Salem$397K
- Vishak JohnWinston Salem$156K
- Jiaxi DingWinston Salem$13K
- Charles RichardsWinston Salem$9K
- Preeya GuptaRaleigh$1.8M
- Julie WoodwardDurham$1M
- Lejla VajzovicDurham$681K
- Karl StonecipherGreensboro$653K
- Terry KimDurham$605K
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.