Bruce Buerk, MD
Retina Specialist · Dayton, OHNPI 1891792339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 27.1% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for retina specialist clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $4,390.
Across 7 payments — averaging $65.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$125
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$121
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$90
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$77
- Amgen$47
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$460100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 3 | $125 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Amgen | 1 | $47 |
How this compares
$460 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 69 retina specialist providers in Ohio.
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 | 50 | $1,493 |
| Latanoprost | 21 | $110 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 15 | $104 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $0 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other retina specialist in Dayton
- Jeffrey BloomDayton$9K
- Joseph ConeyBeachwood$980K
- Sumit SharmaCleveland$428K
- Aleksandra RachitskayaCleveland$303K
- David MillerBeachwood$299K
- Katherine TalcottCleveland$272K
- Suber HuangCleveland$124K
- Mashal AkhterColumbus$102K
- Michael NovakBeachwood$71K
- Scott PendergastBeachwood$66K
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.