Ann Ballen, MD
Ophthalmology · Miami, FLNPI 1760481022
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 256 payments — averaging $29.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- NEW World Medical,inc.$1K
- Alcon$908
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$584
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$437
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$386
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,49898%
- Education$1222%
- Gifts$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 80 | $1,741 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 22 | $1,048 |
| Alcon | 17 | $908 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 25 | $584 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 7 | $437 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $386 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $353 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $317 |
| Amgen | 7 | $252 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $230 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 6 | $217 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $198 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $159 |
| Novartis | 4 | $154 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $152 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 2 | $45 |
| Iridex Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Rhopressa$235
- Rocklatan$235
- Kahook Dual Blade$223
- Clearpath$223
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$223
- Streamline$223
- iDose$149
- Prokera$148
- AmnioGraft$148
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$146
- PanOptix$146
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$130
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$130
- RESTASIS$127
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$125
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$125
- TRYPTYR$125
- TEPEZZA$124
- VYZULTA$123
- Clareon$122
How this compares
$7,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
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 | 171 | $210,818 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 159 | $89,663 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 51 | $27,739 |
| XdemvyLotilaner | 11 | $21,290 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 495 | $20,856 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 19 | $17,313 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 31 | $15,216 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 61 | $14,621 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 106 | $13,829 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 13 | $11,622 |
| Flurbiprofen Sodium | 300 | $11,513 |
| Latanoprost | 878 | $7,058 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 16 | $6,108 |
| Brinzolamide | 43 | $4,455 |
| TobradexTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 16 | $4,313 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Alphagan P, Combigan | $1,741 | $308,889358 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta, Xiidra | $65 | $45,05270 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $386 | $26,83844 claims |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Xdemvy | $230 | $21,29011 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $908 | $14,62161 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $159 | $3,80930 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 75th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
Other ophthalmology in Miami
- Guillermo AmescuaMiami$962K
- Felipe MedeirosMiami$935K
- Jennifer LohMiami$606K
- Jaclyn KovachMiami$590K
- William TrattlerMiami$580K
- Wilfredo LaraMiami$526K
- Jayanth SridharMiami$525K
- Kendall DonaldsonMiami$351K
- David EichenbaumSt Petersburg$34.4M
- Robert RadenDelray Beach$7.8M
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.