Doctor of Optometry Program year 2022 Reported 2019–2022 Source: CMS Open Payments, 2026 publication

Arthur Epstein

Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management Phoenix, AZ Doctor of Optometry

NPI 1427038249 CMS profile 546032

3805 E Bell Rd, Ste 1800, Phoenix, AZ 85032

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General payments

$278,992

327 records reported · program years 2019–2022

Research payments

$0

Paid to them · None reported · program years 2019–2022

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Research they led as principal investigator

$244,197 paid to institutions, not to them · program years 2019–2021

Through program year 2022, Arthur Epstein of Phoenix, AZ is reported in the CMS Open Payments database as having received $278,992 across 327 general payments and $0 in research payments paid to them. Separately, studies naming them as principal investigator received $244,197 in research payments, paid to institutions rather than to them.

No combined total General, research and ownership are kept apart. Each is reported under its own rules, and ownership is not money that moved at all but the value of a stake held. A meal, a clinical trial grant and a shareholding do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them. The principal-investigator line is research money paid to institutions for studies they led — not to them — and is not added to anything either.

General payments for this record sit in the 99th percentile of Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management profiles with reported payments. Percentile describes the distribution, not the conduct.

By program year

4 rows
Year Kind Relative to this record's peak year Amount Records
2022 General $12,271 27
2021 General $44,396 61
2020 General $125,510 88
2019 General $96,815 151

Beside peers

Year by year, beside peers General payments · among profiles paid that year
  • Arthur Epstein
  • Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management median
  • Middle half of Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management
  • National median

In program year 2025, general payments to Arthur Epstein were reported at $0. Among 618 Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management profiles paid that year, the median was $227 and the middle half received between $95 and $604.

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Year Arthur Epstein Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management median Middle half National median
2019 $96,815 $203 $84–$530 $163
2020 $125,510 $88 $35–$234 $114
2021 $44,396 $143 $54–$353 $132
2022 $12,271 $167 $65–$422 $149
2023 $0 $195 $76–$549 $160
2024 $0 $202 $85–$523 $164
2025 $0 $227 $95–$604 $169

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2022
  1. Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $100,915 62 payments
  2. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $55,582 68 payments
  3. Lumenis, Inc $30,954 5 payments
  4. Shire North American Group Inc $24,017 43 payments
  5. Sight Sciences, Inc. $17,368 33 payments
  6. Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $11,170 11 payments
  7. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. $8,428 31 payments
  8. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. $6,934 8 payments
  9. Alcon Vision LLC $6,221 17 payments
  10. Allergan Inc. $4,927 7 payments
  11. Other $12,475 42 payments

Every payment, record by record

What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2022
  1. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $101,502 30 payments
  2. Consulting Fee $76,341 60 payments
  3. Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $63,500 12 payments
  4. Travel and Lodging $16,346 56 payments
  5. Honoraria $10,800 6 payments
  6. Food and Beverage $5,828 160 payments
  7. Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $4,675 3 payments
Products named General payments · program years 2019–2022
  1. ULTRA $87,317 41 payments
  2. BIOTRUE $76,963 35 payments
  3. XIIDRA Ophthalmology $38,698 44 payments
  4. XIIDRA Opthalmics $22,017 40 payments
  5. BIOTRUE ONE DAY $18,435 10 payments
  6. TearCare $13,752 28 payments
  7. Lumenis Pulse 120H $11,021 3 payments
  8. Cequa $8,384 29 payments
  9. LOTEMAX SM $7,887 8 payments
  10. PAZEO $6,336 7 payments
  11. Other $42,023 149 payments

A payment can name more than one product, so these amounts overlap and do not add up to the general-payment figure.

Records

327 reported

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What this means

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An ownership interest is different from the other two. It is not a payment: it is a stake — shares, options, a partnership holding — that a physician or an immediate family member held in a manufacturer during that year. The figure shown is what the stake was reported to be worth.

Research payments frequently pass through a clinician to the institution running a trial, and rarely represent personal income. They should be read differently from general payments.

Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2022

Data current to program year 2025, from CMS's 2026 publication.

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