Helen Wu, MD
Ophthalmology · Boston, MANPI 1982669586
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dompe US, Inc. at 31.3% of the total. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MA 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.
Across 240 payments — averaging $219.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dompe US, Inc.$16K
- AbbVie$16K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$7K
- Shire North American Group Inc$4K
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Glaukos Corporation$1K
- plus $5K from 21 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $13,846 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$42K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,42339%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,83040%
- Travel & lodging$2,2364%
- Food & beverage$9,02917%
- Education$1400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dompe US, Inc. | 27 | $16,484 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 41 | $15,908 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 21 | $6,638 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 7 | $4,347 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $3,012 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 21 | $1,150 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 29 | $1,124 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $1,069 |
| Alcon | 17 | $779 |
| Novartis | 9 | $355 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 10 | $354 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $241 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $134 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $55 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $36 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Oxervate$16,004
- VUITY$7,462
- MIEBO$6,113
- XIIDRA$6,113
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$2,849
- EYSUVIS$1,430
- CEQUA$515
- DAILIES$347
- XDEMVY$233
- KXL System$183
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$183
- KXL1B-CE-marked KXLsystem$183
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$147
- ACTHAR$140
- ARTEVO 800$130
- XELPROS$125
- BROMSITE$125
- TYRVAYA$114
How this compares
$52,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 653 ophthalmology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxervateCenegermin-Bkbj | 33 | $1,279,110 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 486 | $575,877 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 81 | $125,545 |
| Cyclosporine | 158 | $109,814 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 117 | $99,414 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 84 | $62,592 |
| XdemvyLotilaner | 30 | $56,503 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 358 | $19,586 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 93 | $17,816 |
| Restasis MultidoseCyclosporine | 19 | $17,360 |
| Fluorometholone | 75 | $7,655 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 89 | $6,079 |
| LotemaxLoteprednol Etabonate | 14 | $5,023 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 12 | $5,021 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 93 | $4,715 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dompe US, Inc.Oxervate | $16,484 | $1,279,11033 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Restasis Multidose | $15,908 | $593,237505 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $6,638 | $224,958198 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $241 | $62,59284 claims |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Xdemvy | $1,124 | $56,50330 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate, Lotemax | $55 | $22,839107 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 95th percentile of 653 ophthalmology providers in Massachusetts.
Other ophthalmology in Boston
- Rishi SinghBoston$1.7M
- Adam RogersBoston$316K
- Bonnie HendersonBoston$279K
- Dean EliottBoston$250K
- Mina FarahaniBoston$227K
- Jia YinBoston$173K
- John MillerBoston$106K
- Elizabeth RossinBoston$101K
- Suzanne FreitagBoston$96K
- Nimesh PatelBoston$94K
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.