Theodore Lin, MD
Retina Specialist · Menifee, CANPI 1528121126
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alimera Sciences, Inc. at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,363 and has fallen 71.2% since, to $393 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for retina specialist clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $3,667.
Across 65 payments — averaging $42.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$340
- Genentech USA, Inc.$326
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$201
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$132
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$127
- plus $286 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,20043%
- Food & beverage$1,58357%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $1,372 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $340 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 13 | $326 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $201 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $132 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $127 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $113 |
| Novartis | 3 | $53 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $4 |
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.
- Iluvien$1,327
How this compares
$2,783 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 187 retina specialist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 106 | $3,845 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 34 | $565 |
| Latanoprost | 74 | $499 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 14 | $350 |
| Ofloxacin | 35 | $282 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 17 | $179 |
| Timolol Maleate | 17 | $139 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 13 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other retina specialist in Menifee
- Dilsher DhootSanta Barbara$1.9M
- Ehsan RahimyStanford$1.5M
- Darius MoshfeghiPalo Alto$1.4M
- Nathan SteinleSanta Barbara$1.1M
- Roger GoldbergWalnut Creek$1.1M
- Baruch KuppermannIrvine$1M
- Carlos Medina MendezSacramento$548K
- Michael JavaheriBeverly Hills$540K
- Esther KimSanta Ana$367K
- Diana DoStanford$318K
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.