Kennedy Belangee, OD
Optometrist · Augusta, GANPI 1255011060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Glaukos Corporation at 26.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $441, 2.0 times the $218 reported in 2023.
Across 40 payments — averaging $26.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$278
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$215
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$152
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$121
- AbbVie$111
- Amgen$50
- plus $122 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,048100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 5 | $278 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $215 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $152 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $111 |
| Amgen | 3 | $50 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Alcon | 1 | $33 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$1,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,285 optometrist providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 27 | $1,033 |
| Latanoprost | 58 | $732 |
| Timolol Maleate | 25 | $296 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Augusta
- Joshua JohnstonAtlanta$993K
- John WomackCanton$931K
- Naheed AhmadRoswell$296K
- Scott MoscowRoswell$278K
- Stephen SummerowPerry$222K
- Janelle DavisonSmyrna$199K
- Keyle BrownDawsonville$182K
- Nacondus GambleFort Stewart$175K
- Amber ZaunbrecherAtlanta$99K
- Jeffrey CofieWarner Robins$93K
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.