Howai Chan
Optometrist · Baltimore, MDNPI 1689012577
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 80 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 33.8% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in MD 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 80 payments — averaging $86.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$978
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$622
- AbbVie$441
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$429
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$406
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6359%
- Food & beverage$6,31591%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 17 | $2,349 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 20 | $978 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $622 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $441 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $429 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $406 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $348 |
| Amgen | 3 | $322 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $297 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $171 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- DAILIES$912
- TOTAL30$706
- AIR OPTIX$676
- Acuvue$527
- DAILIES TOTAL1$402
- CEQUA$352
- Precision 1$277
- Oxervate$235
- INFUSE$228
- TEPEZZA$222
- Precision7$147
- ZENLENS$125
- XDEMVY$125
- VYZULTA$125
- LUMIGAN$123
- DURYSTA$123
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$123
- Syfovre$122
- EYSUVIS$118
- Prokera$113
How this compares
$6,949 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 790 optometrist providers in Maryland.
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.
Other optometrist in Baltimore
- Bryce St ClairBaltimore$8K
- Whitney McConkeyBaltimore$7K
- Jared ScheffBaltimore$7K
- Michelle HessenBaltimore$5K
- Saadia TariqBaltimore$4K
- Susan LathropFulton$337K
- Timothy EarleyOakland$276K
- Padmini NathanFrederick$199K
- Alan GlazierRockville$87K
- Andrew MorgensternBethesda$62K
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.