Linda Hsieh
Optometrist · Mission Viejo, CANPI 1205846961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,700 of the $9,052 with a category attached, or 63.0%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 28.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,524 and has fallen 65.3% since, to $1,568 in 2025. Among optometrist 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 127 payments — averaging $71.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$3K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$817
- Coopervision Inc.$722
- Alcon$469
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$366
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2102%
- Travel & lodging$3,04834%
- Food & beverage$5,70063%
- Entertainment$941%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 23 | $2,589 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $2,230 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $817 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 13 | $722 |
| Alcon | 12 | $469 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $366 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 10 | $333 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 6 | $300 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 6 | $229 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Amgen | 1 | $110 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $82 |
| Visionix USA, Inc | 1 | $47 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Acuvue$2,231
- BIOTRUE$1,629
- ULTRA$1,629
- TYRVAYA$482
- XIIDRA$245
- MiSight Contact Lens$222
- Izervay$134
- Precision 1$125
- DEXTENZA$125
- MIEBO$124
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$124
- XDEMVY$120
- TRYPTYR$120
- TEPEZZA$110
How this compares
$9,052 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,778 optometrist providers in California.
Other optometrist in Mission Viejo
- Christopher RafalskiMission Viejo$43K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.