Kenneth Hoffer
Ophthalmology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1609968601
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 62 payments — averaging $4668.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$148K
- Nidek CO., LTD.$73K
- Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.$25K
- Haag-streit USA, Inc.$23K
- Topcon Corporation$13K
- Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited$8K
- plus $551 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$193,69967%
- Consulting fees$62,93522%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,5688%
- Grants$7,5403%
- Travel & lodging$180%
- Food & beverage$6960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 5 | $148,152 |
| Nidek CO., LTD. | 26 | $73,023 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 5 | $24,731 |
| Haag-streit USA, Inc. | 6 | $22,890 |
| Topcon Corporation | 8 | $12,570 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $7,540 |
| Alcon | 1 | $310 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
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.
- ECHOSCAN$114,745
- IOLMaster 500$95,877
- IOL-Station$62,623
- OPTICAL BIOMETER$57,373
- IOLMaster 700$29,745
- Spectralis$24,568
- IOLMaster$22,530
- RayOne EMV$7,540
- RayOne Spheric$7,540
- RayOne Aspheric$7,540
- AL-Scan$7,290
- US-4000$7,290
- US-500$7,290
How this compares
$289,457 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Santa Monica
- Nisha AcharyaSan Francisco$33M
- David WirtaNewport Beach$18.4M
- Michael IpPasadena$10.2M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$9.7M
- Sherif El HaraziGlendale$9.2M
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Nikolas Londonla Jolla$6.1M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Steven JacobsonLos Angeles$4.7M
- Peter WinArcadia$4.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.