Mark Hochman
General Practice · Hicksville, NYNPI 1710109426
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $3,827,240 of the $5,060,311 with a category attached, or 75.6%. Milestone Scientific Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,203,594, 2.2 times the $558,568 reported in 2019. Among general practice clinicians in NY 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 200 payments — averaging $25,302 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Milestone Scientific Inc.$5.1M
- Align Technology, Inc.$90
- Southern Implants North America Inc$45
- Zimvie Inc.$39
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$29
- Philips North America LLC$12
Across 5 payments — averaging $11,326 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Milestone Scientific Inc.$57K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3,827,24076%
- Consulting fees$1,064,00021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,2300%
- Travel & lodging$36,7041%
- Food & beverage$1,7070%
- Education$4,7020%
- Charitable contribution$900%
- Ownership interest$108,6372%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Milestone Scientific Inc. | 195 | $5,060,096 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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.
- SAFETY WAND Handpiece$3,511,537
- THE WAND$1,303,514
- COMPUFLO EPIDURAL$88,415
How this compares
$5,060,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,764 general practice providers in New York.
Other general practice in Hicksville
- Philip HirschhornHicksville$17K
- David RiceEast Amherst$1.2M
- Brian JacksonUtica$477K
- Ronnie MyersNew York$464K
- Ira LangsteinWhite Plains$422K
- Benedict MiragliaMount Kisco$378K
- Michael MashaalRoslyn$262K
- Michael DanielakBuffalo$197K
- William RomeroDix Hills$197K
- Alejandra Gonzalez-DuarteNew York$183K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.