Aliza Epstein, MD
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Plantation, FLNPI 1205221652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 75 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 75 payments — averaging $57.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$997
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$515
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$343
- Alcon$324
- AbbVie$256
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$197
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,312100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 29 | $997 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $515 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $343 |
| Alcon | 5 | $324 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $256 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $197 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Novartis | 3 | $160 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $153 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $115 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $57 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TEPEZZA$658
- XDEMVY$343
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$153
- Clareon$142
- Erivedge$138
- TYRVAYA$134
- VYZULTA$129
- LOTEMAX SM$125
- DEXTENZA$124
- Tecnis Simplicity$122
- Tecnis IOL$122
- ACTHAR$119
- Prokera$119
- Rhopressa$118
- Rocklatan$118
- XIIDRA$115
- XR$100
How this compares
$4,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 37 ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 466 | $4,710 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 65 | $1,776 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 67 | $702 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 13 | $530 |
| Methylprednisolone | 80 | $445 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $160 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $72 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 35 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Plantation
- Gil EpsteinPlantation$5K
- Dan GeorgescuPlantation$2K
- John FezzaVenice$3.6M
- Wendy LeeMiami$616K
- Jennifer MurdockMiami$316K
- Ana VictoriaMiami$130K
- Keshini ParbhuWindermere$102K
- Sara WesterMiami$78K
- Robert ApplebaumLakeland$39K
- Yasaman MohadjerSt Petersburg$6K
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.