Thomas Margolis, MD
Ophthalmology · Northfield, NJNPI 1730153461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (59.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. at 59.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,491 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $71 in 2025.
Across 42 payments — averaging $94.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$2K
- Notal Vision, Inc.$500
- AbbVie$408
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$192
- Halozyme Inc$134
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$107
- plus $284 from 9 others
Across 310 payments — averaging $67.95 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.
- Notal Vision, Inc.$11K
- Amgen$10K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$85021%
- Food & beverage$75519%
- Gifts$2,37860%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $2,359 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $408 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $192 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Novartis | 3 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $33 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 583 ophthalmology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bromfenac Sodium | 54 | $8,077 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 22 | $7,694 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 91 | $4,031 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 13 | $3,146 |
| Travoprost | 11 | $1,105 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 59 | $1,088 |
| Latanoprost | 22 | $195 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 19 | $181 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $173 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 11 | $70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Loteprednol Etabonate | $14 | $10,84035 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 75th percentile of 583 ophthalmology providers in New Jersey.
Other ophthalmology in Northfield
- Jai ParekhWoodland Park$2M
- Sharad MansukaniMoorestown$744K
- Ravi PatelEatontown$729K
- Cynthia MatossianPennington$655K
- Eric MannDover$604K
- Brett BieloryRutherford$477K
- Albert KhouriNewark$428K
- Robert FechtnerNewark$324K
- Rajen DesaiFreehold$311K
- Douglas GraysonIselin$158K
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.