Lakshmana Kooragayala, MD
Ophthalmology · Marietta, GANPI 1497757496
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 166 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 26.4% of the total.
Across 166 payments — averaging $27.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$770
- Genentech USA, Inc.$588
- Novartis$366
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$360
- AbbVie$249
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $35,431 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.
- Novartis$1.3M
- Hexal AG$128K
- AbbVie$33K
- Regeneron$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,583100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 37 | $1,212 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $770 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 22 | $588 |
| Novartis | 15 | $366 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $360 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $249 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $198 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $137 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $76 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Spark Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| 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.
How this compares
$4,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 481 ophthalmology 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 | 77 | $3,749 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 86 | $930 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 31 | $493 |
| Ofloxacin | 42 | $436 |
| Latanoprost | 44 | $303 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Marietta
- Puneet PandaMarietta$185K
- Robert StoltzMarietta$54K
- Annal MelethMarietta$34K
- Hersh ChopraMarietta$16K
- Gagan SawhneyAtlanta$582K
- Lawrence WoodardAtlanta$578K
- Stephanie VanderveldtAtlanta$384K
- Steven YehAtlanta$289K
- Jack ChapmanGainesville$244K
- Gregory LeeCumming$214K
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.