Kevin Duong
Optometrist · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1215369236
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,717 of the $6,539 with a category attached, or 72.1%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. at 33.6% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 71 payments — averaging $92.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$2K
- Coopervision Inc.$1K
- Alcon$523
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$424
- Novartis$206
- AbbVie$201
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$95415%
- Travel & lodging$85013%
- Food & beverage$4,71772%
- Gifts$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 27 | $2,199 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 3 | $1,060 |
| Alcon | 11 | $523 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $424 |
| Novartis | 2 | $206 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $201 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $190 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $164 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $126 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Amgen | 1 | $116 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $17 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Acuvue$1,873
- Multiple Brands Contact Lens$850
- XIIDRA$555
- Tecnis Simplicity$235
- MIEBO$225
- MyDay Contact Lens$210
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$136
- Prokera$134
- AmnioGraft$134
- P200DTx$133
- P200T$133
- P200TE$133
- P200TxE$133
- VABYSMO$133
- CE-marked KXLA system$126
- EYLEA$125
- Oxervate$122
- TRYPTYR$122
- VEVYE$122
- XDEMVY$118
How this compares
$6,539 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 500 optometrist providers in Louisiana.
Other optometrist in Baton Rouge
- Eric ThaiBaton Rouge$7K
- Khanh TrinhBaton Rouge$7K
- Christine NorredBaton Rouge$6K
- Shonda AchordBaton Rouge$6K
- Hannah ChustzBaton Rouge$6K
- Pamela TheriotShreveport$207K
- Joshua DavidsonGonzales$189K
- Jeffrey WilhiteMarrero$86K
- Christopher WrotenHammond$59K
- James LamarNew Orleans$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.