Alan Kabat
Optometrist · Philadelphia, PANPI 1740354588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $33,083 of the $49,385 with a category attached, or 67.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $29,364 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $119 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 93 payments — averaging $531.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$16K
- Novartis$11K
- Shire North American Group Inc$9K
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Dompe US, Inc.$3K
- Quidel Corporation$2K
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,68820%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,08367%
- Travel & lodging$4,0508%
- Food & beverage$2,5445%
- Gifts$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 9 | $16,015 |
| Novartis | 25 | $11,417 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 21 | $9,257 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $5,341 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 5 | $2,928 |
| Quidel Corporation | 4 | $2,492 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 3 | $784 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 4 | $483 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $192 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Alcon | 1 | $119 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $42 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 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.
- XIIDRA$18,981
- CEQUA$15,864
- EYSUVIS$3,900
- Oxervate$2,868
- Eye Health$2,480
- DEXTENZA$1,448
- Prokera$750
- AmnioGraft$750
- AmnioGuard$750
- ReSure Sealant$362
- INVELTYS$350
- LOTEMAX SM$215
- VYZULTA$103
How this compares
$49,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,165 optometrist providers in Pennsylvania.
Other optometrist in Philadelphia
- Gretchen BrewerPhiladelphia$79K
- Melissa TregoPhiladelphia$46K
- Elizabeth TonkeryPhiladelphia$40K
- Clark ChangPhiladelphia$37K
- Tu DinhPhiladelphia$28K
- Justin ShermanPhiladelphia$17K
- Diana ChuongPhiladelphia$10K
- David DuffyPhiladelphia$10K
- Andrew MeagherPhiladelphia$9K
- Kennard HerringPhiladelphia$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.