Marc Weitzman, MD
Ophthalmology · Fairfield, CTNPI 1558465807
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.2% of the total across 181 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 42.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $852, 3.3 times the $260 reported in 2019.
Across 181 payments — averaging $19.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$316
- Alcon$308
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$258
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$203
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$184
- plus $765 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1003%
- Food & beverage$3,33694%
- Education$882%
- Gifts$191%
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) | 80 | $1,509 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 20 | $316 |
| Alcon | 18 | $308 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 14 | $258 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $203 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 6 | $184 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
| Novartis | 6 | $100 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Amgen | 3 | $54 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $26 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$512
- OMNI$128
- XEN$100
How this compares
$3,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 279 ophthalmology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 116 | $160,653 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 209 | $129,494 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 156 | $95,203 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 129 | $61,636 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 93 | $46,358 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 143 | $40,206 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 16 | $33,449 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 73 | $32,726 |
| Cyclosporine | 67 | $27,039 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 144 | $22,891 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 31 | $19,542 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 144 | $19,375 |
| Travoprost | 131 | $18,879 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 309 | $14,264 |
| Timoptic OcudoseTimolol Maleate/Pf | 12 | $11,471 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan, Alphagan P | $1,509 | $384,509527 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan, Rhopressa | $125 | $114,746187 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta, Xiidra | $316 | $79,807109 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $308 | $40,206143 claims |
| NovartisTravatan Z | $100 | $11,20622 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLotemax | $34 | $5,36214 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 279 ophthalmology providers in Connecticut.
Other ophthalmology in Fairfield
- Larissa HabibFairfield$3K
- Ian GorovoyFairfield$3K
- Jonathan SteinFairfield$3K
- John HuangHartford$267K
- Amir CohenNew Haven$266K
- James MurphyHamden$176K
- James TalbotNew Canaan$47K
- Paul KangNew Haven$40K
- Anish ShahNorwich$38K
- Michael KovalFarmington$35K
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.