Joseph Krug, MD
Ophthalmology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1649260290
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 282 payments — averaging $35.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Alcon$1K
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$829
- US Retina LLC$814
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$515
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$460
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$761%
- Food & beverage$9,08691%
- Ownership interest$8148%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 128 | $3,073 |
| Alcon | 36 | $1,446 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 24 | $829 |
| US Retina LLC | 12 | $814 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $515 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $460 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 14 | $425 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $371 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $286 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $251 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $249 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $205 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $123 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $119 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Novartis | 3 | $51 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Sight Sciences, 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.
- Hydrus Microstent$529
- Rocklatan$452
- XEN$407
- TEPEZZA$371
- Tecnis IOL$355
- VUITY$355
- Rhopressa$344
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$251
- Kahook Dual Blade$251
- DURYSTA$244
- MIEBO$223
- XELPROS$150
- BROMSITE$150
- INVELTYS$138
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$135
- Clearpath$132
- Streamline$132
- LUMIGAN$125
- RYBELSUS$123
- VYZULTA$123
How this compares
$9,975 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 588 ophthalmology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 567 | $270,333 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 393 | $212,119 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 345 | $201,744 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 217 | $96,095 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 178 | $51,323 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 102 | $51,194 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 47 | $40,986 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 164 | $27,126 |
| Difluprednate | 134 | $24,015 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 61 | $20,056 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 495 | $15,792 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 669 | $15,504 |
| Brinzolamide | 83 | $15,287 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 1,046 | $15,215 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 343 | $15,162 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan, Alphagan P, Restasis | $3,073 | $458,608933 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan, Rhopressa | $829 | $413,863738 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza, Azopt | $1,446 | $60,991204 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $460 | $26,24556 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa | $119 | $20,05661 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 588 ophthalmology providers in North Carolina.
Other ophthalmology in Charlotte
- Andrew AntoszykCharlotte$4M
- Omar PunjabiCharlotte$413K
- Thomas MundorfCharlotte$288K
- John AllenCharlotte$122K
- Sheila Garcia-SantanaCharlotte$60K
- David BrowningCharlotte$59K
- Glenn JaffeDurham$38.5M
- Lejla VajzovicDurham$7.5M
- Majda HadziahmetovicDurham$2.4M
- Preeya GuptaRaleigh$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.