Komal Desai, MD
Ophthalmology · Kansas City, MONPI 1841298916
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 78 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Alcon accounts for 72.0% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 78 payments — averaging $57.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$3K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$423
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$299
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$220
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$114
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$40
- plus $163 from 7 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $11,492 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$172K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,503100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 56 | $3,244 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $423 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $299 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $220 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Clareon$1,007
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$288
- CEQUA$244
- AcrySof$241
- LenSx$231
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$223
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$139
- SION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT$139
- enVista MX60 IOL$137
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$135
- IC-8 Apthera IOL$118
- MIEBO$115
- XIIDRA$115
- ACTHAR$114
How this compares
$4,503 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 286 ophthalmology providers in Missouri.
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 | 296 | $8,372 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 11 | $4,112 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 12 | $2,941 |
| Ofloxacin | 204 | $2,078 |
| Timolol Maleate | 13 | $1,389 |
| Latanoprost | 94 | $1,306 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 49 | $900 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 58 | $750 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 26 | $333 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 12 | $272 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 13 | $146 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.