Antonio Capone, MD
Retina Specialist · Royal Oak, MINPI 1760411664
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $13,552 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $930 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $277.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$12K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$968
- Genentech, Inc.$857
- Genentech USA, Inc.$826
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$776
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 97 payments — averaging $1644.04 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.
- Regeneron$134K
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$26K
- Notal Vision, Inc.$90
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7504%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,31752%
- Travel & lodging$4,69723%
- Food & beverage$4,23721%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $12,412 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 3 | $2,561 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $968 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 5 | $857 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 8 | $826 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $776 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $522 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $337 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $156 |
| Alcon | 1 | $150 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $125 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $107 |
| ASD Specialty Healthcare, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Syfovre$12,097
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$2,507
- CLARUS$2,507
- FORUM$2,507
- Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA3)$2,507
- IOLMaster 700$2,507
- Non-Covered Product$786
- OZURDEX$750
- YUTIQ$680
- Iluvien$680
- EYLEA HD$516
- VABYSMO$496
- Izervay$239
- Constellation$150
- Lucentis$149
How this compares
$20,001 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 52 retina specialist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Difluprednate | 17 | $2,107 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 28 | $1,017 |
| Latanoprost | 25 | $440 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other retina specialist in Royal Oak
- Jeremy WolfeRoyal Oak$809K
- Lisa FaiaRoyal Oak$520K
- Tarek HassanRoyal Oak$460K
- Sandeep RandhawaRoyal Oak$94K
- Kimberly DrenserRoyal Oak$79K
- Adam WeinerRoyal Oak$31K
- Michael TreseRoyal Oak$26K
- Ramon LeeRoyal Oak$19K
- Jong ParkRoyal Oak$12K
- Tianyu LiuRoyal Oak$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.