Nicole Fuerst, MD
Ophthalmology · West Covina, CANPI 1871835355
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 163 payments — averaging $111.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$9K
- Alcon$5K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$973
- AbbVie$496
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$416
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$312
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,60025%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00016%
- Travel & lodging$1,2047%
- Food & beverage$9,34251%
- Gifts$640%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 20 | $8,851 |
| Alcon | 60 | $5,121 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 14 | $973 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $496 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $416 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $312 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 8 | $286 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $187 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $173 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 3 | $156 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $130 |
| Biogen | 1 | $130 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Novartis | 3 | $64 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Nova Eye, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $34 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 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.
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$3,125
- CE-marked KXLA system$920
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$832
- NGENUITY$547
- Clareon$518
- iStent infinite Trabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3$409
- DAILIES$409
- iS3-iStent infiniteTrabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3$327
- Centurion$285
- Luxor$271
- CEQUA$247
- Rocklatan$237
- Rhopressa$237
- Hydrus Microstent$147
- XDEMVY$140
- Oxervate$128
- LUMIGAN$126
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$125
- DEXTENZA$125
- IHEEZO$125
How this compares
$18,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 176 | $134,125 |
| Cyclosporine | 199 | $65,712 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 71 | $33,035 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 32 | $25,441 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 31 | $25,020 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 489 | $17,855 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 27 | $13,853 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 16 | $11,682 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 25 | $9,704 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 18 | $7,191 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 12 | $5,710 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 237 | $4,765 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 263 | $4,559 |
| BesivanceBesifloxacin Hcl | 20 | $4,472 |
| Timolol Maleate | 171 | $4,403 |
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 | $496 | $180,060277 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Miebo, Xiidra | $312 | $50,46163 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan, Rhopressa | $135 | $23,55752 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $90 | $11,68216 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCBesivance, Loteprednol Etabonate | $116 | $7,18936 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $5,121 | $3,84017 claims |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLCFlarex | $44 | $2,52321 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 85th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in West Covina
- 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
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Steven JacobsonLos Angeles$4.7M
- Peter WinArcadia$4.2M
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.