Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Adam Kaufman, MD

Ophthalmology · Cincinnati, OH
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
Mixed engagement
222 PIEDMONT AVE, Cincinnati, OH 45219
5134757295
In practice since 2006 (20 years)
NPI: 1609819085 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Kaufman from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Kaufman

Dr. Adam Kaufman is an ophthalmology specialist in Cincinnati, OH, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Kaufman performed 720 Medicare services across 321 unique beneficiaries.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Kaufman received a total of $16,920 from 37 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 220 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in ophthalmology. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Kaufman is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years in practice ▲ 720 Medicare services $16,920 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary

Medicare Utilization ↗
720
Medicare services
Bottom 21% in OH for ophthalmology
Lower Medicare volume may reflect subspecialty focus, hospital-based work, or a higher share of non-Medicare patients.
321
Unique beneficiaries
$96
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →
~36 Medicare services per year of practice

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
495 $62 $356
Cataract surgery with lens implant
Surgical removal of the clouded natural lens of the eye and replacement with an artificial prosthetic lens to restore vision.
64 $416 $2,110
Corneal topography and eye depth measurement
This procedure measures the curvature and depth of the cornea, the clear front surface of the eye.
61 $28 $189
Tear duct plug insertion
A procedure to insert a small plug into the tear duct opening to help retain tears on the eye surface.
34 $102 $610
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
26 $89 $506
Laser removal of recurring cataract
A laser procedure to remove a recurring cataract within the lens capsule.
20 $208 $1,288
Office visit, established patient (10-19 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting 10 to 19 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
20 $28 $87
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. A higher procedure volume generally indicates more experience with that procedure.
8.9% high complexity
0.0% medium
91.1% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$16,920
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,417/year across 7 years
Top 9% in OH for ophthalmology
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
37
Companies
220
Individual payments
All payments are legal and publicly reported · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment profile

Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.

Meals & Travel
Food, beverages, travel, and lodging — typically low-value
$8,012 (47.4%)
Speaking / Promotional
Speaker programs, honoraria, and industry-sponsored educational events
$6,843 (40.4%)
Consulting
Expert advisory fees, typically reflecting recognized clinical expertise
$2,065 (12.2%)

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$1,439
2023
$1,592
2022
$1,303
2021
$1,599
2020
$544
2019
$8,049
2018
$2,396

Payments by company (2024)

Consulting
Speaking
Meals & Travel
Research
Alcon Vision LLC
$468
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.
$349
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.
$129
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
$110
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
$72
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$69
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
$68
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.
$51
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.
$39
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$37
Dompe US, Inc.
$19
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
$14
Harrow Eye, LLC
$14
Top 3 companies account for 65.8% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$3,683
RECORDATI_RARE_DISEASES_INC.
$3,092
Alcon Vision LLC
$3,041
Alcon Laboratories Inc
$2,065
Reliance Medical Products, Inc.
$1,008
Glaukos Corporation
$401
Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
$357
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.
$349
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS, INC.
$296
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.
$240
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$216
Allergan, Inc.
$196
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
$188
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.
$174
GLAUKOS CORPORATION
$165
Shire North American Group Inc
$128
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
$127
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.
$125
Horizon Therapeutics plc
$121
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC
$118
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$112
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
$89
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.
$86
ABBVIE INC.
$78
Mallinckrodt LLC
$75
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$69
Dompe US, Inc.
$59
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$47
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$40
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.
$39
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$37
Haag-Streit USA, Inc.
$25
BioTissue Holdings, Inc.
$19
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
$16
ImmunoGen, Inc.
$14
Harrow Eye, LLC
$14
Allergan Inc.
$13
Top 3 companies account for 58.0% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
ACTHAR · ALPHAGAN P · AMO PHACO NEEDLE · ARGOS · AcrySof · AcrySof IQ PanOptix · AcrySof IQ TORIC IOL · BROMSITE · CALLISTO eye · CEQUA · CODMAN CERTAS · Centurion · Cequa · Clareon · CyPass · DUREZOL · DURYSTA · EYLEA · EYLEA AFLIBERCEPT INJECTION · EYLEA HD · Elahere · FORUM · HYDRUS Microstent · INVELTYS · IOLMaster 700 · ISTENT INJECT W · ISTENT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM · LOTEMAX SM · LUMERA 300 · LUMIGAN · LenSx · MIEBO · NGENUITY · OXERVATE · Oxervate · PROKERA · PROLENSA · PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL · PanOptix · RESTASIS · RESTASIS MULTIDOSE · ReSTOR · Rhopressa · STELLARIS PC · Simbrinza · TEPEZZA · TRAVATAN Z · TYRVAYA · Tecnis IOL · Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS · Tecnis Simplicity · VEVYE · VUITY · WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser · Wavelight · Wavelight Refractive Suite · XDEMVY · XEN · XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM · XIIDRA · XIPERE · YUTIQ · iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System · iStent inject W · rhopressa · rocklatan
Should you be concerned? Payments from pharmaceutical and device companies are legal and common — 57% of U.S. physicians receive at least one. They often reflect legitimate consulting, research, or education. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →

Most payments (47%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 9% for ophthalmology in OH.

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Geographic Context

Ophthalmologists within 10 mi
148
Per 100K population
17.9
County median income
$70,816
Nearest hospital
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER, LLC
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES Weekly updates
Medicare Enrollment PECOS Monthly updates
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not public N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Kaufman is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with mixed engagement industry engagement in the top 9% of OH peers, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Kaufman experienced with office visit, established patient (20-29 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Kaufman performed 495 office visit, established patient (20-29 min) services. Research suggests that higher procedure volume is often associated with better outcomes, particularly for complex procedures. Note that Medicare data only captures patients aged 65 and older, so the total practice volume across all patients is likely higher.
Does Dr. Kaufman receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Kaufman received a total of $16,920 from 37 companies across 220 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common among physicians — 57% of all U.S. physicians receive at least one industry payment. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Kaufman's costs compare to other ophthalmologists in Cincinnati?
Dr. Kaufman's average Medicare payment per service is $96. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Kaufman) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating a long track record of practice, Medicare participation, and industry disclosure. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Each data source has its own update cycle. Provider registry data (NPPES) is updated weekly. Medicare enrollment (PECOS) is updated monthly. Medicare practice data has a ~2 year lag — the most recent available is typically 2 years prior. Industry payment data (Open Payments) is published annually, usually in June, covering the prior calendar year. We display the data date prominently on each section so you always know how current it is. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Payments from industry are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →