RxDoctor Payments Data

Daniel Chang, MD

Ophthalmology · Bakersfield, CANPI 1184618266

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $730,267 of the $820,127 with a category attached, or 89.0%. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. accounts for 72.4% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among ophthalmology clinicians in CA 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.

$820,127in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 628 payments — averaging $1305.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$593K
  • AbbVie$116K
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$54K
  • Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$53K
  • Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$453
  • plus $1K from 18 others
$2,641,278in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 136 payments — averaging $19,421 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.

  • Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$2.6M
  • Novartis$21K
  • Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$9K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$2K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$730,26789%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$56,6387%
  • Travel & lodging$21,3423%
  • Food & beverage$11,7811%
  • Education$1000%

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

$820,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$337,277
Medicare patients
470
Services billed
1,618

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 Acetate37$1,772
Ofloxacin20$181

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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