Harry Koster, MD
Ophthalmology · Richmond Hill, NYNPI 1346390069
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 267 payments — averaging $22.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$3K
- AbbVie$577
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$569
- Novartis$469
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$298
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$236
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,104100%
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 | 107 | $2,608 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $577 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 22 | $569 |
| Novartis | 31 | $469 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 12 | $298 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $236 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 8 | $225 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $155 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $109 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 6 | $107 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $105 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 4 | $70 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Clareon$408
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$141
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$130
- enVista MX60 IOL$116
- LenSx$106
How this compares
$6,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 450 | $352,032 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 258 | $235,801 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 309 | $136,451 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 1,506 | $83,674 |
| XdemvyLotilaner | 38 | $71,792 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 88 | $64,212 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 156 | $47,227 |
| Restasis MultidoseCyclosporine | 55 | $35,857 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 95 | $32,145 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 83 | $28,776 |
| EysuvisLoteprednol Etabonate | 52 | $25,071 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 375 | $24,481 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 48 | $18,080 |
| VevyeCyclosporine | 24 | $17,499 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 54 | $17,404 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan, Restasis Multidose, Alphagan P | $577 | $588,9711,024 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo, Vyzulta | $569 | $318,093394 claims |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Xdemvy | $236 | $71,79238 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan, Rhopressa | $23 | $60,922178 claims |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Eysuvis | $67 | $25,07152 claims |
| Harrow Eye, LLCVevye | $40 | $17,49924 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $2,608 | $15,69879 claims |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLCFlarex | $107 | $13,162108 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Loteprednol Etabonate | $70 | $11,28847 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.
Other ophthalmology in Richmond Hill
- Douglas JabsNew York$24.3M
- David RubaltelliBrooklyn$8.9M
- Philip FerroneGreat Neck$5.8M
- Eric DonnenfeldGarden City$2.6M
- Nathan RadcliffeNew York$2.4M
- Glenn StollerRockville Centre$2.1M
- Richard SpaideNew York$1.7M
- Paul HartmanRochester$1.6M
- Jason SlakterNew York$1.2M
- David ChuNew York$1.2M
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.