Melanie Deitch, OD
Optometrist · Osawatomie, KSNPI 1609378330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 28 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 33.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $370 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $10 in 2025.
Across 28 payments — averaging $36.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$340
- Alcon$152
- Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$103
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$103
- ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC$102
- Coopervision Inc.$94
- plus $128 from 3 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $36.00 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.
- Notal Vision, Inc.$180
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,022100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $340 |
| Alcon | 7 | $152 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- BIOTRUE ONE DAY$155
- ULTRA$155
- TYRVAYA$103
How this compares
$1,022 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 567 optometrist providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 31 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Brandon HunterLeawood$68K
- Raymond BrillMission$19K
- Vincent PennipedeOverland Park$16K
- Ryan WineingerShawnee$13K
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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.