Total Payments
$1,391
2024 Payments
$383.75
Companies
15
Transactions
66
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$1,391 (100.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,391 | 66 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcon Vision LLC | $318.07 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | $160.87 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $155.77 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. | $153.24 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | $149.56 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $115.11 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Glaukos Corporation | $105.08 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | $75.93 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Allergan, Inc. | $29.31 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | $24.14 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $383.75 | 16 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. ($92.43) |
| 2023 | $224.01 | 11 | Alcon Vision LLC ($68.49) |
| 2022 | $301.32 | 15 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. ($63.78) |
| 2021 | $238.62 | 12 | Alcon Vision LLC ($96.83) |
| 2020 | $125.32 | 6 | Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC ($65.04) |
| 2019 | $84.81 | 4 | Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC ($65.15) |
| 2018 | $18.87 | 1 | Alcon Laboratories Inc ($18.87) |
| 2017 | $14.78 | 1 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC ($14.78) |
All Payment Transactions
66 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/18/2024 | SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. | Cequa (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.50 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 09/10/2024 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | TYRVAYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.04 | General |
| Category: Dry eyes | ||||||
| 07/24/2024 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | TYRVAYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.32 | General |
| Category: Dry eyes | ||||||
| 07/17/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | DURYSTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.89 | General |
| Category: EYE CARE | ||||||
| 07/15/2024 | Sight Sciences, Inc. | OMNI SURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.96 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 07/10/2024 | Alcon Vision LLC | Rocklatan (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.13 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 06/25/2024 | Harrow Eye, LLC | VEVYE (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.83 | General |
| Category: OPTOMETRY | ||||||
| 06/01/2024 | Glaukos Corporation | iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3 (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $48.74 | General |
| Category: Glaucoma | ||||||
| 05/28/2024 | Alcon Vision LLC | TOTAL30 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.75 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 05/22/2024 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | RYZUMVI (Drug), Tyrvaya | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.43 | General |
| Category: Pharmacologically-induced mydriasis | ||||||
| 04/24/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | DURYSTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.75 | General |
| Category: EYE CARE | ||||||
| 04/11/2024 | Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.49 | General |
| 03/28/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | DURYSTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.29 | General |
| Category: EYE CARE | ||||||
| 02/16/2024 | Alcon Vision LLC | Clareon (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.95 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 02/12/2024 | SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. | Cequa (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.04 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 01/02/2024 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | TYRVAYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.64 | General |
| Category: Dry eyes | ||||||
| 12/19/2023 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | MIEBO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.14 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 08/21/2023 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | TYRVAYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.49 | General |
| Category: DRY EYE | ||||||
| 08/15/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | DURYSTA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.09 | General |
| Category: EYE CARE | ||||||
| 06/09/2023 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | XIIDRA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.38 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 05/31/2023 | Alcon Vision LLC | Rocklatan (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.98 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 04/18/2023 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | Cequa (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.05 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 04/11/2023 | Alcon Vision LLC | Clareon (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.45 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 03/24/2023 | Alcon Vision LLC | Rocklatan (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.09 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
| 01/26/2023 | Alcon Vision LLC | Simbrinza (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.97 | General |
| Category: Ophthalmology | ||||||
About Melissa Lin
Melissa Lin is a Optometrist healthcare provider based in Oakland, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/04/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1952535007.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Melissa Lin has received a total of $1,391 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $383.75 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 66 transactions from 15 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,391).
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Practice Information
- Specialty Optometrist
- Location Oakland, CA
- Active Since 05/04/2009
- Last Updated 08/13/2025
- Taxonomy Code 152W00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1952535007
Products in Payments
- XIIDRA (Drug) $155.77
- Cequa (Drug) $153.24
- TYRVAYA (Drug) $134.44
- PROLENSA (Drug) $124.03
- DURYSTA (Drug) $115.11
- Precision 1 (Device) $84.20
- DAILIES (Device) $74.85
- Rocklatan (Drug) $59.20
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass System Model iS3 (Device) $48.74
- Acuvue (Device) $46.44
- ISTENT INJECT W (Device) $41.84
- LOTEMAX SM (Drug) $40.31
- Clareon (Device) $37.40
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL (Device) $30.45
- LUMIGAN (Drug) $29.31
- RYZUMVI (Drug) $26.43
- MIEBO (Drug) $24.14
- rhopressa (Drug) $23.96
- VEVYE (Drug) $23.83
- OMNI SURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $22.96
Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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