Drug Ophthalmology

Besivance

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Besivance. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$706associated payments (2023-2025)
15clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $475
2024 $182
2025 $49.46

Payments reported as associated with Besivance, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Ophthalmology $421
Optometrist $176

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Besivance

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Besivance. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Steven Silverstein Kansas City, MO Ophthalmology $210.94
Francis Mah Pittsburgh, PA $109.69
David Geffen San Diego, CA Optometrist $109.69
Penny Asbell Memphis, TN Ophthalmology $44.25
Michaela Hickey Pittsburgh, PA Ophthalmology $24.73
Lindsey Lear Pittsburgh, PA Optometrist $24.73
Helen Le Downey, CA Optometrist $21.71
Mabel Cheng Niskayuna, NY Ophthalmology $21.71
Nicole Lemanski Niskayuna, NY Ophthalmology $21.71
Lawrence Perlmutter Albany, NY Ophthalmology $20.59

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.