Kenneth Hoffer
Ophthalmology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1609968601
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $193,699 of the $289,457 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG at 51.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $81,155 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $17,169 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 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
- 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
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$895K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.