Armin Vishteh, MD
Ophthalmology · Burbank, CANPI 1114903317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 62 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Glaukos Corporation accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 62 payments — averaging $58.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$3K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$435
- Novartis$134
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$119
- Thea Pharma Inc.$116
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$109
- plus $148 from 5 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $8851.87 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$44K
- AbbVie$549
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,625100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 34 | $2,565 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $435 |
| Novartis | 7 | $134 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Alcon | 1 | $25 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Akorn, 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.
- iDoseTR$422
- iStent infinite Trabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3$409
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$401
- TYRVAYA$277
- iStent inject W$268
- CE-marked KXLA system$216
- iS3-iStent infiniteTrabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3$205
- KXL System$130
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$125
- LOTEMAX SM$119
How this compares
$3,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
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 | 20 | $25,478 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 52 | $14,417 |
| Cyclosporine | 28 | $9,788 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 11 | $8,346 |
| Restasis MultidoseCyclosporine | 11 | $6,773 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 12 | $3,643 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 11 | $2,100 |
| Gatifloxacin | 35 | $1,578 |
| Latanoprost | 172 | $1,415 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 67 | $1,411 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 86 | $1,035 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 64 | $968 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 39 | $733 |
| Fluorometholone | 11 | $609 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 39 | $350 |
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, Restasis Multidose, Alphagan P | $25 | $48,76894 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Miebo | $58 | $8,34611 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 70th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Burbank
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$895K
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.