Effie Rahman, MD
Ophthalmology · Bellaire, TXNPI 1154777969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5%. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,649 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $2,315 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in TX 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 179 payments — averaging $117.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron$5K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$4K
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$3K
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 15 others
Across 282 payments — averaging $1895.17 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.
- Bayer$534K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,13048%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3907%
- Travel & lodging$1,2426%
- Food & beverage$8,25139%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron | 17 | $4,525 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 4 | $3,977 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 6 | $2,971 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $1,757 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $1,718 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 41 | $1,692 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 27 | $867 |
| Alcon | 5 | $602 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $517 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 13 | $478 |
| Biogen | 7 | $391 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 4 | $387 |
| Samsara Vision | 1 | $279 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $231 |
| Oculus Surgical Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $115 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $100 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $95 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Coherus Oncology, 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.
- EYLEA HD$4,250
- YUTIQ$2,290
- EYP-1901$1,850
- Iluvien$1,504
- STELLARIS$1,337
- Bausch + Lomb$1,337
- OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS$1,337
- EYLEA$790
- VABYSMO$404
- Constellation$282
- Implantable Miniature Telescope$279
- Syfovre$266
- DEXTENZA$217
- BYOOVIZ$134
- Lucentis$117
- SUSVIMO$101
How this compares
$21,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 138 | $7,705 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 63 | $1,538 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 47 | $902 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 18 | $551 |
| Timolol Maleate | 50 | $513 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 49 | $443 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 41 | $395 |
| Cyclopentolate Hcl | 11 | $172 |
| Latanoprost | 13 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Bellaire
- Charles WykoffBellaire$1.5M
- Otis WaltonBellaire$311K
- Richard YeeBellaire$195K
- Prethy RaoBellaire$85K
- Hasenin Al-KhersanBellaire$76K
- Michael SingerSan Antonio$1.8M
- Oluwatosin SmithDallas$1.5M
- John MichelettiHouston$916K
- Davinder GroverDallas$705K
- Christina WengHouston$676K
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.