Rolake Alabi, MD
Ophthalmology · Austin, TXNPI 1891290797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,023 and has fallen 61.8% since, to $774 in 2025.
Across 52 payments — averaging $130.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Alcon$2K
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$524
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$508
- Regeneron$443
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$408
- plus $2K from 10 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $145.44 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.
- Regeneron$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,31319%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3505%
- Travel & lodging$1,25718%
- Food & beverage$3,88057%
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 | 6 | $1,663 |
| Alcon | 5 | $1,630 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $524 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $508 |
| Regeneron | 4 | $443 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $408 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 5 | $385 |
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 2 | $217 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $198 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Amgen | 1 | $108 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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
$6,800 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,355 ophthalmology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 240 | $12,459 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 92 | $2,545 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 47 | $1,973 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 80 | $1,578 |
| Ofloxacin | 70 | $1,364 |
| Difluprednate | 12 | $1,207 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 40 | $1,028 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 38 | $722 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 67 | $697 |
| Timolol Maleate | 40 | $357 |
| Latanoprost | 37 | $313 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.