Ming Chen, MD
Ophthalmology · Honolulu, HINPI 1376621318
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.3%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. at 28.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,196 and has fallen 59.4% since, to $1,298 in 2025.
Across 127 payments — averaging $98.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$2K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Alcon$2K
- Amgen$671
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$392
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,56036%
- Food & beverage$6,69053%
- Education$400%
- Gifts$450%
- Other$190%
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. | 8 | $3,603 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 51 | $2,401 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $1,642 |
| Alcon | 15 | $1,561 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $671 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 4 | $392 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $357 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $332 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $329 |
| Novartis | 8 | $231 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $205 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $163 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $155 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Welch Allyn | 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.
- VYZULTA$3,682
- LOTEMAX$3,560
- STELLARIS$2,060
- PROLENSA$1,500
- BEPREVE$1,500
- ALREX$1,500
- enVista MX60 IOL$1,300
- MIEBO$1,242
- XIIDRA$1,242
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$1,200
- TENEO$1,000
- Clareon$559
- TEPEZZA$375
- Oxervate$357
- Rocklatan$356
- Tecnis IOL$299
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$250
- EYLEA$238
- Rhopressa$235
- Flarex$155
How this compares
$12,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 120 ophthalmology providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 653 | $665,684 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 136 | $153,163 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 119 | $58,680 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 67 | $24,285 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 51 | $21,340 |
| BesivanceBesifloxacin Hcl | 88 | $20,295 |
| Lotemax SmLoteprednol Etabonate | 77 | $20,090 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 17 | $15,524 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 62 | $13,342 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 17 | $10,457 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 547 | $10,036 |
| Bromfenac Sodium | 44 | $9,053 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 89 | $7,852 |
| Latanoprost | 537 | $7,509 |
| Cyclosporine | 31 | $6,988 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Alphagan P, Combigan | $2,401 | $751,243841 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo, Vyzulta | $3,603 | $179,144170 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Besivance, Lotemax Sm, Loteprednol Etabonate | $1,642 | $66,175244 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 120 ophthalmology providers in Hawaii.
Other ophthalmology in Honolulu
- Neda NikpoorHonolulu$293K
- Carlton YuenHonolulu$175K
- Alan FaulknerHonolulu$135K
- Michael BennettHonolulu$108K
- Jeffrey PetersonHonolulu$77K
- Rupa WongHonolulu$72K
- Jon PortisHonolulu$20K
- Tyrie JenkinsHonolulu$19K
- John OlkowskiHonolulu$15K
- Claudia HootenHonolulu$14K
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.