Aaron Punim
Pediatrics · Monroe, NYNPI 1306228051
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.1% of the total across 155 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coopervision Inc. at 28.1% of the total. Among pediatrics clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 155 payments — averaging $28.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$1K
- Alcon$835
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$310
- AbbVie$264
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$242
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$229
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3859%
- Food & beverage$3,97091%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 31 | $1,224 |
| Alcon | 38 | $835 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 17 | $310 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $264 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $242 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 11 | $229 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $205 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $157 |
| Amgen | 2 | $141 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $136 |
| Visioneering Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 5 | $108 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MyDay Contact Lens$167
- TEPEZZA$124
- CRYSTALENS$119
- BIOTRUE$119
- MiSight Contact Lens$100
How this compares
$4,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,055 pediatrics providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 16 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatrics in Monroe
- Philip OzuahBronx$1M
- Michael PichicheroRochester$168K
- Patrick SchnellBrooklyn$164K
- Warren SeigelBrooklyn$162K
- Rachael PhelpsRochester$156K
- Sarita GeorgeMineola$90K
- Kathryn FitzgeraldNew York$80K
- Rudolph LeibelNew York$67K
- Shakeel ModakNew York$64K
- Jean-Laurent CasanovaNew York$62K
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.