Mark Bergmann
Ophthalmology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1669431805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,651 and has fallen 91.5% since, to $224 in 2022.
Across 48 payments — averaging $72.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC$2K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$438
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$233
- Shire North American Group Inc$152
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$122
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$119
- plus $397 from 9 others
Across 27 payments — averaging $3421.10 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.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$38K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$26K
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$22K
- Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp.$5K
- Shire North American Group Inc$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00058%
- Food & beverage$1,46142%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $2,000 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 11 | $438 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $233 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $152 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Alcon | 5 | $87 |
| Novartis | 4 | $82 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $33 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 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.
How this compares
$3,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 640 ophthalmology providers in Ohio.
Other ophthalmology in Cincinnati
- Robert OsherCincinnati$720K
- Christopher RiemannCincinnati$463K
- Anup KhatanaCincinnati$347K
- Michael SnyderCincinnati$216K
- Daniel MillerCincinnati$75K
- Robert SiskCincinnati$46K
- Michael NordlundCincinnati$40K
- Adam KaufmanCincinnati$19K
- Haroon ChaudhryCincinnati$18K
- Karen KlugoCincinnati$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.