RxDoctor Payments Data

Vivienne Hau

Ophthalmology · Riverside, CANPI 1588850713

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon Research LLC at 46.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,370 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $1,092 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$15,042in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 93 payments — averaging $161.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Alcon Research LLC$7K
  • Regeneron$2K
  • Novartis$1K
  • Genentech USA, Inc.$1K
  • Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$788
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$589
  • plus $2K from 12 others
$1,105,335in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 286 payments — averaging $3864.81 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.

  • Genentech, Inc.$523K
  • Regeneron$427K
  • Novartis$88K
  • AbbVie$37K
  • Bayer$31K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$7,00047%
  • Travel & lodging$1,74912%
  • Food & beverage$6,04540%
  • Education$2302%
  • Gifts$170%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$15,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Prednisolone Acetate95$3,157
Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat51$1,199
Ketorolac Tromethamine43$802
Latanoprost86$705
Ofloxacin39$568
Brimonidine Tartrate22$342

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other ophthalmology in Riverside

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