Asheesh Tewari, MD
Retina Specialist · Dearborn, MINPI 1043248032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.5%), royalties or licence payments and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dutch Ophthalmic, USA at 33.0% of the total. Among retina specialist 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 163 payments — averaging $1249.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dutch Ophthalmic, USA$67K
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$48K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$42K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$27K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$8K
- AbbVie$7K
- plus $6K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$64,35332%
- Consulting fees$68,28234%
- Speaking & faculty fees$51,82225%
- Travel & lodging$14,9637%
- Food & beverage$4,2282%
- Gifts$100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 38 | $67,192 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 38 | $47,566 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 22 | $42,195 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $27,148 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $7,500 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $6,535 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $2,232 |
| Moria Inc | 1 | $1,125 |
| Oculus Surgical Inc. | 4 | $599 |
| Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (international) B.v. | 2 | $441 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 14 | $422 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 10 | $391 |
| Novartis | 2 | $128 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
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.
- OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS$64,353
- Syfovre$45,624
- EVA, combined machine$42,272
- EVA Ophthalmic Surgical System$24,960
- TISSUEBLUE$24,354
- OZURDEX$6,160
- SURGICAL MICROSCOPES$2,232
- STELLARIS$1,500
- EYLEA HD$125
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$111
How this compares
$203,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bromfenac Sodium | 25 | $12,180 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 21 | $10,482 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 950 | $7,823 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 127 | $5,093 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 79 | $1,266 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 36 | $842 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 46 | $516 |
| Ofloxacin | 34 | $439 |
| Latanoprost | 22 | $392 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 12 | $306 |
| Timolol Maleate | 31 | $206 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 13 | $171 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa | $27,148 | $10,48221 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 90th percentile of 52 retina specialist providers in Michigan.
Other retina specialist in Dearborn
- Jeremy WolfeRoyal Oak$809K
- Lisa FaiaRoyal Oak$520K
- Tarek HassanRoyal Oak$460K
- Sandeep RandhawaRoyal Oak$94K
- Kimberly DrenserRoyal Oak$79K
- Kanishka JayasunderaAnn Arbor$49K
- Edward KorotGrand Rapids$44K
- Adam WeinerRoyal Oak$31K
- Michael TreseRoyal Oak$26K
- Thomas AabergGrand Rapids$25K
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.