RxDoctor Payments Data

Chirag Jhaveri, MD

Ophthalmology · Austin, TXNPI 1114117769

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 40.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $85,525 and has fallen 70.3% since, to $25,390 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$240,209in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 303 payments — averaging $792.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$98K
  • Novartis$43K
  • Genentech USA, Inc.$28K
  • Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$23K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$18K
  • Regeneron$9K
  • plus $21K from 18 others
$9,163,019in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 476 payments — averaging $19,250 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.

  • Novartis$5.4M
  • Genentech, Inc.$3M
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$429K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$114K
  • Regeneron$72K
  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$60K
  • plus $99K from 5 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$96,90440%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$121,37851%
  • Travel & lodging$14,0156%
  • Food & beverage$7,8923%
  • Gifts$190%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$240,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$2,246,788
Medicare patients
693
Services billed
29,536

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Prednisolone Acetate133$5,515
Brinzolamide13$1,844
Difluprednate22$1,691
Latanoprost77$1,073
Ofloxacin55$832
Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat48$649
Ketorolac Tromethamine18$549
Ciprofloxacin Hcl19$193
Brimonidine Tartrate11$34
Timolol Maleate11$17

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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