John Hovanesian, MD
Ophthalmology · Laguna Hills, CANPI 1033175484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $468,872 of the $731,622 with a category attached, or 64.1%. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 24.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $164,994 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $62,405 in 2025. 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.
Across 631 payments — averaging $1159.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$179K
- Alcon Research LLC$157K
- Katena Products, Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$120K
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$48K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$39K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$28K
- plus $161K from 33 others
Across 205 payments — averaging $14,460 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$1.4M
- Novartis$292K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$252K
- Shire North American Group Inc$250K
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$238K
- Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a.$225K
- plus $276K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$468,87264%
- Speaking & faculty fees$205,50728%
- Travel & lodging$11,9322%
- Food & beverage$14,6042%
- Education$1380%
- Gifts$2,3120%
- Other$28,2574%
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.
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.
- DEXYCU$43,219
- Digital Health Suite$40,107
- Hydrus Microstent$35,257
- Clareon$31,334
- DEXTENZA$27,500
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$26,034
- Centurion$21,950
- XIIDRA$19,499
- LenSx$17,750
- TRYPTYR$17,542
- ILUX$16,800
- Systane$14,700
- Tecnis IOL$14,091
- AcrySof$10,500
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY$10,300
- NGENUITY$9,800
- IOLMaster$9,750
- TYRVAYA$9,450
- FORUM$9,425
- ORA$9,100
How this compares
$731,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 56 | $18,888 |
| Bromfenac Sodium | 32 | $6,990 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 105 | $3,697 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-TrimethoprimPolymyxin B Sulf/Trimethoprim | 45 | $343 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 13 | $273 |
| Latanoprost | 16 | $158 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa | $13,004 | $18,88856 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 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Laguna Hills
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$895K
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.