Mark Blecher, MD
Ophthalmology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1356343248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $327,843 of the $357,306 with a category attached, or 91.8%. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $133,835 and has fallen 93.7% since, to $8,473 in 2025. Among ophthalmology 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 220 payments — averaging $1624.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$348K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$6K
- AbbVie$1K
- Alcon$906
- Rxsight Inc$287
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$224
- plus $702 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$327,84392%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,7503%
- Travel & lodging$9,8353%
- Food & beverage$9,8773%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 187 | $347,672 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $6,389 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $1,125 |
| Alcon | 11 | $906 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $287 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $224 |
| Quidel Corporation | 3 | $172 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $121 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Catalys Laser System$111,735
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$108,762
- Compact Intuitiv$51,025
- IFS ADVANCED FEMTOSEC LASER$51,025
- Tecnis IOL$49,625
- Tecnis Symfony IOL$38,792
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$35,333
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$25,872
- Tecnis Simplicity$25,277
- CATALYS SYSTEM$22,116
- Tecnis Toric 1-piece IOL$16,250
- VERITAS Vision System$10,374
- Tecnis Symphony Toric IOL$9,169
- iDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio$8,750
- Tecnis 3-piece IOL$8,075
- Tecnis Symphony IOL$6,919
- IC-8 Apthera IOL$6,150
- Phacofragmentation Accessories$2,250
- iFS Advanced Femtosecond Laser$2,250
- Premium Cataract IOLs$1,722
How this compares
$357,306 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 920 ophthalmology providers in Pennsylvania.
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.
Other ophthalmology in Philadelphia
- Julia HallerPhiladelphia$1.5M
- Beeran MeghparaPhiladelphia$496K
- Jonathan MyersPhiladelphia$359K
- Anton KolomeyerPhiladelphia$355K
- Durga BorkarPhiladelphia$150K
- Rachel NiknamPhiladelphia$142K
- Joseph MarkoffPhiladelphia$130K
- Leslie KatzPhiladelphia$105K
- Zeba SyedPhiladelphia$99K
- Cesar BricenoPhiladelphia$91K
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.