Bruce Rivers, MD
Ophthalmology · Oxon Hill, MDNPI 1598893596
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. at 60.0% of the total. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 119 payments — averaging $595.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$43K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$25K
- Lumenis BE Inc$1K
- Baxter Healthcare$650
- Alcon$552
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$335
- plus $119 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,86041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,96030%
- Travel & lodging$7,67511%
- Food & beverage$7,36910%
- Education$6,0158%
- Gifts$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 24 | $42,524 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 55 | $25,366 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $1,369 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 16 | $650 |
| Alcon | 15 | $552 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $335 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- VisuMax$40,468
- CALLISTO eye$13,520
- QUATERA 700$13,260
- CIRRUS 6000 with AngioPlex$13,260
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$12,180
- CLARUS$6,030
- ARTEVO 800$4,850
- VERACITY SURGICAL$4,850
- Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA3)$4,680
- IOLMaster 700$3,600
- ATLAS 500$2,340
- MEL 90$1,560
- FORUM$1,524
- M22$1,369
- Humphrey HFA$1,350
- MEL 80$1,250
- PRESBYOND$174
- enVista MX60 IOL$125
- STELLARIS$125
- FLOSEAL$124
How this compares
$70,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 493 ophthalmology providers in Maryland.
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 | 52 | $2,905 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 42 | $1,215 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 23 | $916 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 13 | $324 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $242 |
| Latanoprost | 18 | $217 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Oxon Hill
- Alfred SommerBaltimore$2.9M
- Richard AdlerBaltimore$2.7M
- Peter McDonnellBaltimore$1.4M
- Esen AkpekBaltimore$782K
- Lisa FeulnerBel Air$434K
- Allen HuHagerstown$379K
- Susan BresslerLutherville$341K
- Renee BovelleGlenn Dale$292K
- Neil BresslerBaltimore$265K
- Scott LaborwitTowson$204K
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.