Louis Alpern
El Paso, TXNPI 1295798304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $19,586 of the $20,472 with a category attached, or 95.7%. Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. accounts for 95.7% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2022 is the largest year on record at $19,586, more than ten times the $826 reported in 2019.
Across 16 payments — averaging $1279.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$20K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$292
- Novartis$264
- Shire North American Group Inc$136
- Alcon$134
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$60
Across 130 payments — averaging $7974.67 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$609K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$158K
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$129K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$86K
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$36K
- Alcon Research LLC$19K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8864%
- Other$19,58696%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $19,586 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $292 |
| Novartis | 5 | $264 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $136 |
| Alcon | 1 | $134 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $60 |
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.
- TRAVATAN Z$247
- PanOptix$134
- XIIDRA$122
- LOTEMAX SM$100
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.