Amar Joshi, MD
Ophthalmology · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1629269352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 50 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 39.1% of the total.
Across 50 payments — averaging $73.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$1K
- Amgen$554
- Kerecis Limited$451
- Novartis$206
- Innovation Technologies Inc$166
- Rxsight Inc$146
- plus $708 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,661100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 14 | $1,431 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $554 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $451 |
| Novartis | 4 | $206 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $166 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $146 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $130 |
| Stryker | 1 | $123 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $93 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $76 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$937
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$361
- Kerecis GraftGuide$234
- Clareon$233
- AcrySof$229
- Hydrus Microstent$208
- Irrisept$166
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$146
- Unity$140
- PanOptix$126
- NA$123
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$123
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$120
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$120
- TEPEZZA$113
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$111
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$106
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$101
How this compares
$3,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 81 ophthalmology providers in New Mexico.
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 | 96 | $1,224 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 54 | $252 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $159 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Albuquerque
- Robert MelendezAlbuquerque$349K
- John PitcherAlbuquerque$307K
- Christopher RoybalAlbuquerque$51K
- Stephen ColemanAlbuquerque$12K
- Rachel DavisAlbuquerque$10K
- Ian ThompsonAlbuquerque$10K
- Paul SanchezAlbuquerque$8K
- Iuri GolubevAlbuquerque$7K
- Thomas GilletteAlbuquerque$6K
- Kenneth DownesAlbuquerque$5K
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.