Kim Lee
Optometrist · San Francisco, CANPI 1639212673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 54 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $669 and has fallen 59.3% since, to $272 in 2025.
Across 54 payments — averaging $58.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$955
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$122
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$118
- AbbVie$118
- Glaukos Corporation$65
- plus $83 from 3 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $11,428 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$241K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$159K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,14499%
- Gifts$371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 27 | $1,721 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $955 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $118 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $65 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- INFUSE$590
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$224
- INFUSE MULTIFOCAL$150
- ALDEN SCLERAL ZENLENS$126
- Acuvue$122
- BIOTRUE$119
- ULTRA$119
- TYRVAYA$118
- RESTASIS$118
How this compares
$3,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Other optometrist in San Francisco
- Steve YoelinNewport Beach$4.1M
- Matthew GellerSpring Valley$3.5M
- Melissa EricksonDavis$522K
- Omid KhodaiLake Forest$499K
- Jason TuSan Diego$351K
- Scott SchachterPismo Beach$312K
- Alicia LauSan Diego$300K
- Vin DangBakersfield$284K
- Steven FerrucciSepulveda$272K
- Katie ChuRosemead$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.