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Charles Stephen Foster, M.D.

NPI 1285617530ActiveIndividual· Ophthalmology· Waltham, MA

Ophthalmology (M.D.) in Waltham, Massachusetts, licensed in MA, with an NPI issued in November 2005. Part D covered 478 prescriptions written in 2024, 51% of them generic. Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $7,639 in all, mostly speaking and faculty fees.

Overview

NPI1285617530
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM.D.
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedNov 21, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMay 8, 2015

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Ophthalmology Primary207W00000X37755MA

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Ophthalmology (MA)

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)478 · 825 30-day fills
Patients126
Total drug cost$1,497,466
Generic share51% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$7,639 · 2 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$6,255 · 6 payments from 3 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$7,5001
Samsara Vision$138.921

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$7,500 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$138.92 · 1 payment

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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