Thomas Kandl, MD
Ophthalmology · Savannah, GANPI 1366734147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $22,888 of the $25,614 with a category attached, or 89.4%. Amgen accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,603 and has fallen 84.3% since, to $1,191 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in GA 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 85 payments — averaging $301.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$26K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$36
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$35
- Alcon$16
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,88889%
- Travel & lodging$920%
- Food & beverage$1,7847%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 81 | $25,526 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Alcon | 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.
- TEPEZZA$24,448
How this compares
$25,614 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 108 | $4,840 |
| FlarexFluorometholone Acetate | 23 | $2,922 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 47 | $543 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 27 | $304 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Savannah
- Markesh ManochaSavannah$63K
- Gagan SawhneyAtlanta$582K
- Lawrence WoodardAtlanta$578K
- Stephanie VanderveldtAtlanta$384K
- Steven YehAtlanta$289K
- Jack ChapmanGainesville$244K
- Gregory LeeCumming$214K
- Puneet PandaMarietta$185K
- Jeffrey TranSuwanee$150K
- Evan SchoenbergAtlanta$130K
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.