Walter Parker, MD
Ophthalmology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1114362688
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 176 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 24.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,654, 4.5 times the $370 reported in 2019.
Across 176 payments — averaging $36.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Glaukos Corporation$1K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$551
- AbbVie$523
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$436
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$318
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4006%
- Food & beverage$6,04194%
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 | 32 | $1,599 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 25 | $1,219 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $551 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $523 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $436 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 13 | $318 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 8 | $251 |
| Novartis | 13 | $243 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $239 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $207 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $165 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 9 | $163 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $118 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Clareon$788
- CT Lucia$400
- Cataract Suite$400
- LUMERA$400
- Prokera$325
- AmnioGraft$325
- KXL System$287
- INVELTYS$239
- Photrexa Viscous and Photrexa$164
- CE-marked KXLA system$131
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$125
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$124
- Oxervate$116
- Photrexa$106
How this compares
$6,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 197 ophthalmology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxervateCenegermin-Bkbj | 50 | $1,691,119 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 301 | $306,741 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 145 | $160,934 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 134 | $105,189 |
| Cyclosporine | 131 | $81,257 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 59 | $41,025 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 268 | $13,393 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 18 | $11,340 |
| Fluorometholone | 146 | $10,522 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 127 | $6,863 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 32 | $6,784 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 36 | $6,377 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 211 | $6,247 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 17 | $3,348 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 107 | $3,316 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dompe US, Inc.Oxervate | $251 | $1,691,11950 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan | $523 | $321,428336 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $117 | $266,123279 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $165 | $41,02559 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $1,599 | $6,78432 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 85th percentile of 197 ophthalmology providers in Alabama.
Other ophthalmology in Birmingham
- Kristin BainsBirmingham$40K
- Lindsay RhodesBirmingham$18K
- James LewisBirmingham$15K
- Marc MichelsonBirmingham$9K
- Jennifer MichelsonBirmingham$8K
- John MasonBirmingham$7K
- Priscilla FowlerBirmingham$6K
- Mark BearmanBirmingham$5K
- Michael AlbertBirmingham$5K
- Kathleen GeeBirmingham$5K
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.