RxDoctor Payments Data

Peter Kaiser, MD

Ophthalmology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1558300590

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $942,128 of the $1,499,428 with a category attached, or 62.8%. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $555,376 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $14,127 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in OH 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.

$1,499,428in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 402 payments — averaging $3729.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$473K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$233K
  • AbbVie$180K
  • Novartis$159K
  • Novartis Pharma AG$76K
  • Regeneron$74K
  • plus $304K from 39 others
$79,797in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 22 payments — averaging $3627.15 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.

  • Novartis$42K
  • Novartis Pharma AG$34K
  • Regeneron$4K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$942,12863%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$57,0674%
  • Travel & lodging$17,7481%
  • Food & beverage$10,7651%
  • Ownership interest$471,72031%

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.

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.

How this compares

$1,499,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 640 ophthalmology providers in Ohio.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$130,224
Medicare patients
567
Services billed
2,214

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
Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone12$983
Ketorolac Tromethamine18$923
Prednisolone Acetate15$754
Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat14$163
Latanoprost14$133
Brimonidine Tartrate19$65

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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