Kevin Belanger, PA
Physician Assistant · Manchester, CTNPI 1932408002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $12,000 of the $14,837 with a category attached, or 80.9%. Vericel Corporation accounts for 90.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,517, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT 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 35 payments — averaging $423.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vericel Corporation$13K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$1K
- Smith+Nephew$171
- Johnson & Johnson$86
- Endo USA, Inc.$41
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$29
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,00081%
- Travel & lodging$2,12714%
- Food & beverage$7105%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vericel Corporation | 11 | $13,394 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 13 | $1,081 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $86 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- MACI$13,300
- Iovera$745
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$145
- ACUFEX TRUNAV$145
How this compares
$14,837 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 183 | $1,093 |
| Methocarbamol | 39 | $347 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 61 | $326 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $235 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $151 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $132 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 37 | $116 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $112 |
| Meloxicam | 47 | $108 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $60 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Manchester
- Nicole TinoManchester$11K
- Lea TripodiManchester$10K
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$119K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
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.