Julie Meier, MD
Ophthalmology · Columbus, OHNPI 1780765107
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 12 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Alcon accounts for 70.4% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $311 and has fallen 74.0% since, to $81 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $1,115.
Across 12 payments — averaging $42.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$360
- Thea Pharma Inc.$69
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$33
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$33
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$16
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$511100%
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 | 6 | $360 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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$256
How this compares
$511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 640 ophthalmology providers in Ohio.
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 | 235 | $12,779 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 237 | $5,553 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 153 | $1,324 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 17 | $385 |
| Latanoprost | 26 | $127 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Columbus
- Alice EpitropoulosColumbus$531K
- Steven KatzColumbus$256K
- David LehmannColumbus$58K
- Lisa BorkowskiColumbus$25K
- Thomas MendelColumbus$15K
- Norman BakerColumbus$11K
- Carrie LembachColumbus$11K
- John ChristoforidisColumbus$10K
- Peter KaiserCleveland$1.5M
- Gregory EippertMentor$813K
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.