Nicholas Nissirios, MD
Ophthalmology · Bayside, NYNPI 1205130754
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.5%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lumenis BE Inc at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,356 and has fallen 66.3% since, to $2,140 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 204 payments — averaging $86.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lumenis BE Inc$7K
- Lumenis, Inc$4K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$851
- AbbVie$515
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$467
- Alcon$418
- plus $4K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,31159%
- Food & beverage$7,23041%
- Education$180%
- Gifts$550%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumenis BE Inc | 4 | $7,370 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 2 | $4,322 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 6 | $851 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 34 | $515 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 14 | $467 |
| Alcon | 13 | $418 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $392 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 10 | $384 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 18 | $379 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $330 |
| Novartis | 17 | $323 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $284 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 7 | $259 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 6 | $249 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $245 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $104 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- optilight$5,370
- Lumenis Pulse 120H$2,282
- M22$2,000
- VisuMax$345
- Rhopressa$239
- Rocklatan$239
- IOLMaster 700$221
- LUMERA$221
- VERACITY SURGICAL$221
- QUATERA 700$221
- Prokera$174
- AmnioGraft$174
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$146
- EYSUVIS$125
- MIEBO$125
- XIIDRA$125
- Oxervate$125
- LUMERA 700$125
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$124
- Kahook Dual Blade$124
How this compares
$17,614 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxervateCenegermin-Bkbj | 12 | $337,098 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 111 | $151,856 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 161 | $86,520 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 57 | $83,932 |
| MieboPerfluorohexyloctane/Pf | 52 | $40,177 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 48 | $22,020 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 528 | $19,675 |
| Cyclosporine | 24 | $18,919 |
| Fluorometholone | 253 | $15,427 |
| EysuvisLoteprednol Etabonate | 20 | $10,720 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 27 | $8,487 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 44 | $6,384 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 230 | $5,910 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 39 | $5,259 |
| Ofloxacin | 265 | $4,683 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dompe US, Inc.Oxervate | $249 | $337,09812 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan | $515 | $260,395320 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Miebo | $467 | $124,109109 claims |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Eysuvis | $113 | $10,72020 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa | $330 | $8,48727 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $52 | $2,84522 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $418 | $2,64613 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 90th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.
Other ophthalmology in Bayside
- David RubaltelliBrooklyn$8.9M
- Nathan RadcliffeNew York$2.1M
- Richard SpaideNew York$1.7M
- Eric DonnenfeldGarden City$1.4M
- Marguerite McDonaldOceanside$893K
- Joshua YoungNew York$814K
- David KleinmanRochester$730K
- Jonathan JonischGreat Neck$726K
- Joseph PanarelliNew York$541K
- Eric RosenbergNew York$434K
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.