Murray Fingeret
Optometrist · Hewlett, NYNPI 1508835877
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $316,702 of the $374,358 with a category attached, or 84.6%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Topcon Healthcare, Inc. at 38.7% of the total. Among optometrist 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 271 payments — averaging $1381.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Topcon Healthcare, Inc.$145K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$104K
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$36K
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$35K
- AbbVie$28K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$6K
- plus $20K from 15 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $10,000 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.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$316,70285%
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,88010%
- Travel & lodging$10,6293%
- Food & beverage$10,1283%
- Gifts$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 38 | $144,907 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 36 | $103,519 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 37 | $36,360 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 48 | $34,678 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $28,280 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 15 | $6,375 |
| Alcon | 23 | $5,628 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 6 | $3,396 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $2,860 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $2,350 |
| Novartis | 6 | $1,636 |
| Heru, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Tearlab Corp | 2 | $1,356 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $675 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 3 | $307 |
| Topcon Corporation | 1 | $238 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Quidel Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
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.
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$65,294
- VYZULTA$36,465
- Rocklatan$34,328
- CIRRUS 5000 with AngioPlex$26,682
- Rhopressa$21,885
- Humphrey HFA$18,700
- FORUM$13,200
- CLARUS 500 Fundus Camera$6,503
- CLARUS$6,500
- Glaucoma Workplace$5,500
- MIEBO$4,000
- Humphrey FDT$3,600
- ISTALOL$3,000
- XIIDRA$3,000
- VUITY$2,375
- IOLMaster$2,000
- Humphrey Matrix 800$2,000
- LUMIGAN$1,838
- COMBIGAN$1,838
- XDEMVY$1,775
How this compares
$374,358 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,743 optometrist providers in New York.
Other optometrist in Hewlett
- Roy KlineLake Katrine$822K
- Susan ResnickNew York$463K
- Albert MorierSlingerlands$347K
- Denise WhittamNew York$343K
- Justin BazanBrooklyn$303K
- Jennifer TsaiNew York$275K
- Alexander KabiriQueens Village$268K
- Sophia VisanjiNew York$233K
- Jason ComptonNew York$181K
- Dana SalgadoAlbany$119K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.