Erik Kruger, MD
Ophthalmology · Kingston, PANPI 1104886332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 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 10 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $1,202.
Across 21 payments — averaging $22.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$104
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$81
- AbbVie$64
- Genentech USA, Inc.$56
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$48
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$34
- plus $82 from 4 others
Across 165 payments — averaging $17,906 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$1.7M
- Bayer$319K
- Regeneron$279K
- Roche TCRC, Inc.$217K
- AstraZeneca$181K
- Amgen$126K
- plus $111K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$469100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $81 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $64 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Biogen | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Alcon | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 920 ophthalmology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 17 | $844 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Kingston
- Julia HallerPhiladelphia$1.5M
- Francis MahPittsburgh$1.1M
- Brandon AyresBala Cynwyd$929K
- David AlmeidaErie$734K
- Carl RegilloPlymouth Meeting$721K
- Robert NoeckerPittsburgh$632K
- Beeran MeghparaPhiladelphia$496K
- Michael KlufasPlymouth Meeting$393K
- Jonathan MyersPhiladelphia$359K
- Mark BlecherPhiladelphia$357K
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.