Thomas Oei, MD
Retina Specialist · San Antonio, TXNPI 1861468530
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 179 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 179 payments — averaging $48.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech USA, Inc.$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$751
- AbbVie$678
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$651
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$568
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$545
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$491%
- Food & beverage$8,59299%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 30 | $2,039 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 22 | $751 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $678 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 9 | $651 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $568 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $545 |
| Alcon | 7 | $436 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 16 | $381 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 5 | $284 |
| Amgen | 2 | $276 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $272 |
| Novartis | 7 | $232 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 3 | $209 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $154 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $121 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Nova Eye, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Biogen | 5 | $81 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- VABYSMO$1,439
- Izervay$370
- EYLEA HD$350
- Prokera$296
- AmnioGraft$296
- SUSVIMO$281
- TEPEZZA$276
- Lucentis$246
- EQ Workplace$166
- IOLMaster 700$166
- LUMERA$166
- VERACITY SURGICAL$166
- VisuMax$153
- Rocklatan$140
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$137
- Clareon$129
- Spectralis$127
- BEOVU$125
- Syfovre$125
- MIEBO$125
How this compares
$8,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 108 retina specialist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 35 | $55,232 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 116 | $50,560 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 28 | $40,341 |
| Cyclosporine | 49 | $34,837 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 80 | $32,233 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 30 | $17,024 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 23 | $11,271 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 788 | $7,796 |
| Latanoprost | 741 | $7,078 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 19 | $6,013 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 330 | $5,763 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 103 | $5,761 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 92 | $4,429 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 231 | $4,344 |
| Travoprost | 20 | $2,484 |
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 | $678 | $105,791151 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $381 | $57,36558 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $436 | $6,01319 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 75th percentile of 108 retina specialist providers in Texas.
Other retina specialist in San Antonio
- Moises ChicaSan Antonio$43K
- Sarah HolySan Antonio$18K
- Richard LaneSan Antonio$17K
- Duncan FriedmanSan Antonio$9K
- Timothy ClelandSan Antonio$6K
- Lina MaroufSan Antonio$4K
- Dianne BarrettSan Antonio$4K
- Abumere AkinwaleSan Antonio$3K
- Rushil RaoSan Antonio$3K
- Enchun LiuSan Antonio$3K
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.