Ankur Mehta, MD
Ophthalmology · Grand Blanc, MINPI 1194981985
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 57.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,476 and has fallen 86.5% since, to $874 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 114 payments — averaging $96.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$6K
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$419
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$360
- Genentech USA, Inc.$320
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$236
- plus $632 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,20056%
- Travel & lodging$6486%
- Food & beverage$4,16438%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 22 | $6,351 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 24 | $2,694 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $419 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $360 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 14 | $320 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $236 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 2 | $163 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $157 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Alcon | 1 | $14 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Iluvien$2,192
- BEOVU$2,151
- EVA Ophthalmic Surgical System$103
How this compares
$11,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 674 ophthalmology providers in Michigan.
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 | 153 | $8,185 |
| Difluprednate | 38 | $3,312 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 62 | $1,990 |
| Latanoprost | 42 | $735 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 62 | $589 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 28 | $290 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 13 | $277 |
| Timolol Maleate | 12 | $188 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Grand Blanc
- Christopher SinghGrand Blanc$13K
- Amy ZhangGrand Blanc$10K
- Manjool ShahAnn Arbor$609K
- Gregory KatzYpsilanti$401K
- Timothy PageBirmingham$250K
- David ZacksAnn Arbor$177K
- Scott WesthouseGrand Rapids$138K
- Bret HughesDetroit$123K
- Pradeepa YoganathanDetroit$115K
- Jason MillerAnn Arbor$104K
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.