Ahmed Alkaliby, MD
Ophthalmology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1831868512
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,489 of the $1,839 with a category attached, or 81.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alimera Sciences, Inc. at 38.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $695 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $168 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $1,824.
Across 43 payments — averaging $42.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$710
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$366
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$174
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$173
- Genentech USA, Inc.$124
- AbbVie$118
- plus $173 from 6 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4750.00 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.
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$35019%
- Food & beverage$1,48981%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $710 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $366 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $174 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $173 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $118 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Biogen | 2 | $41 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Dutch Ophthalmic, USA | 1 | $18 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$1,839 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 166 | $7,690 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 21 | $1,821 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 51 | $1,399 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 105 | $740 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 13 | $447 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 23 | $355 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Jacksonville
- Syril DorairajJacksonville$432K
- Frank BowdenJacksonville$169K
- David KostickJacksonville$108K
- Cathleen McCabeBradenton$2M
- Daniel KiernanSarasota$1.7M
- David EichenbaumSt Petersburg$1.7M
- Mark MilnerPalm Beach Gardens$1.2M
- Neel DesaiLargo$1M
- Jorge FortunPalm Beach Gardens$798K
- Courtney BoveeTampa$796K
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.