RxDoctor Payments Data

Paul Hartman, MD

Ophthalmology · Rochester, NYNPI 1447254917

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 25.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $201 and has fallen 56.7% since, to $87 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,047.

$621in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 27 payments — averaging $23.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$160
  • Alcon$125
  • Sight Sciences, Inc.$99
  • Thea Pharma Inc.$47
  • Ivantis, Inc$36
  • Glaukos Corporation$34
  • plus $120 from 6 others
$1,794,394in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 405 payments — averaging $4430.60 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.

  • AbbVie$1.1M
  • Glaukos Corporation$346K
  • Alcon Research LLC$128K
  • Bausch Health US, LLC$120K
  • Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$65K
  • Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
  • plus $5K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$621100%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

How this compares

$621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$56,731
Medicare patients
226
Services billed
494

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
LumiganBimatoprost282$132,326
Brimonidine Tartrate267$19,647
SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart63$16,042
RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate36$14,927
Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol65$14,775
Prednisolone Acetate274$13,988
Latanoprost1,417$12,892
Timolol Maleate670$12,326
Bimatoprost118$11,284
RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost19$8,298
CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol16$8,188
Brinzolamide43$7,007
VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod20$6,500
Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat310$6,168
Travoprost30$5,895

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieLumigan, Combigan$160$140,514298 claims
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan$17$23,22555 claims
AlconSimbrinza$125$16,04263 claims
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta$23$6,50020 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 40th percentile of 1,587 ophthalmology providers in New York.

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