Michael Couris, MD
Ophthalmology · San Diego, CANPI 1063638682
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 421 payments — averaging $26.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$1K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$786
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$737
- plus $4K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,89098%
- Education$160%
- Other$1692%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 102 | $2,024 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 48 | $1,501 |
| Alcon | 44 | $1,254 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 50 | $1,109 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 20 | $786 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 41 | $737 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 11 | $459 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $382 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 11 | $330 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 11 | $295 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $283 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $237 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $235 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 7 | $197 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $169 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $167 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 6 | $145 |
| Novartis | 7 | $138 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $136 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Nova Eye, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
How this compares
$11,076 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XiidraLifitegrast | 78 | $65,384 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 57 | $44,727 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 70 | $31,896 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 44 | $22,858 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 22 | $20,260 |
| Cyclosporine | 28 | $15,670 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 315 | $14,472 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 110 | $10,158 |
| Latanoprost | 706 | $8,766 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 14 | $8,297 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 17 | $7,857 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 35 | $6,662 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 32 | $5,925 |
| Timolol Maleate | 235 | $4,657 |
| Travoprost | 20 | $4,263 |
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 Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta, Miebo | $1,109 | $108,503144 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Alphagan P | $2,024 | $79,750139 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $283 | $8,29714 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa | $235 | $7,85717 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $237 | $3,65732 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 80th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in San Diego
- William FreemanSan Diego$997K
- Eric NudlemanSan Diego$752K
- Robert WeinrebSan Diego$660K
- 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
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.