Marc Berson
Optometrist · Allentown, PANPI 1023170669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $37,050 of the $56,966 with a category attached, or 65.0%. Alcon accounts for 97.1% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,567 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $287 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 182 payments — averaging $313.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$55K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$360
- AbbVie$251
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$149
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$138
- Glaukos Corporation$125
- plus $630 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,05065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,7583%
- Travel & lodging$13,56024%
- Food & beverage$4,5998%
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 | 158 | $55,313 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $360 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $251 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Novartis | 5 | $74 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- DAILIES$34,221
- AIR OPTIX$10,102
- Precision 1$3,232
- DAILIES TOTAL1$2,980
- CEQUA$249
- KXL System$125
- Photrexa$125
- VUITY$122
- RESTASIS MULTIDOSE$121
- TOTAL30$107
How this compares
$56,966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,165 optometrist providers in Pennsylvania.
Other optometrist in Allentown
- Julie McLaughlinAllentown$142K
- James DeomHazle Township$793K
- Gregory CaldwellDuncansville$547K
- Leslie O DellNew Freedom$388K
- Kevin BistlinePlymouth Meeting$302K
- Thomas KislanStroudsburg$266K
- Erick HendersonPittsburgh$266K
- Ryan YealyLancaster$164K
- Joseph SmayNew Kensington$147K
- Robert RosenthalNewtown$127K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.