Arthur Siegel
Optometrist · Columbus, NJNPI 1225034325
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 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 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $291, 5.0 times the $58 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for optometrist clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $671.
Across 36 payments — averaging $19.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$139
- AbbVie$95
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$85
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$84
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$70
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$52
- plus $176 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$700100%
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 | 5 | $139 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $95 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,357 optometrist providers in New Jersey.
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.
Other optometrist in Columbus
- Kerry GelbWoodbridge$264K
- Rodolfo RodriguezNorth Bergen$244K
- Steven SorkinFairfield$146K
- Paul VaccarellaRockaway$99K
- Ada NohCinnaminson$74K
- Melanne RosettaIselin$66K
- Frank BuccieroSpringfield$57K
- Victoria DzurinkoDeptford$47K
- Michael McAleeseHowell$33K
- Gary RochaParamus$31K
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.