Jonathan Lass
Ophthalmology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1366431942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,172 of the $19,574 with a category attached, or 97.9%. Pfizer accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $19,193 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $72 in 2023. Among ophthalmology clinicians in OH 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 8 payments — averaging $2446.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$19K
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$276
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$73
- Novartis$21
- Shire North American Group Inc$19
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$13
Across 253 payments — averaging $7552.97 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.
- AbbVie$1.4M
- Ivantis, Inc$216K
- Alcon Research LLC$186K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$106K
- Ophtec USA, Inc.$8K
- Samsara Vision$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,17298%
- Food & beverage$4022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 1 | $19,172 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $276 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TYRVAYA$204
How this compares
$19,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 640 ophthalmology providers in Ohio.
Other ophthalmology in Cleveland
- Peter KaiserCleveland$1.5M
- Justis EhlersCleveland$639K
- Sunil SrivastavaCleveland$508K
- William WileyCleveland$479K
- Yasha ModiCleveland$234K
- Faruk OrgeCleveland$158K
- Danny MammoCleveland$149K
- Douglas RheeCleveland$138K
- Jeffrey GosheCleveland$82K
- William DuppsCleveland$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.