Steven Bloom, MD
Ophthalmology · Louisville, KYNPI 1346224409
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,522 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $380 in 2025.
Across 133 payments — averaging $45.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$763
- Novartis$452
- Genentech USA, Inc.$440
- AbbVie$240
- Alcon$149
- plus $833 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,36539%
- Travel & lodging$75013%
- Food & beverage$2,87848%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 2 | $3,115 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 33 | $763 |
| Novartis | 17 | $452 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 23 | $440 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $240 |
| Alcon | 7 | $149 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $81 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Biogen | 3 | $69 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,993 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 216 ophthalmology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 29 | $10,575 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $3,400 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 81 | $3,227 |
| Difluprednate | 25 | $2,280 |
| Travoprost | 17 | $2,070 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 40 | $795 |
| Latanoprost | 84 | $676 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 41 | $602 |
| Timolol Maleate | 58 | $521 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 16 | $372 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 16 | $360 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 13 | $152 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan | $240 | $13,97642 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 85th percentile of 216 ophthalmology providers in Kentucky.
Other ophthalmology in Louisville
- Jeremy ClarkLouisville$131K
- Guruprasad PattarLouisville$36K
- Gary FoulksLouisville$16K
- Christopher ComptonLouisville$13K
- Inder SingalLouisville$9K
- Rishi KumarLouisville$8K
- Frank BurnsLouisville$8K
- Sharmini BalakrishnanLouisville$6K
- Sergei DmitrukLouisville$5K
- Lawrence TenkmanLouisville$5K
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.