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Open Payments

KENNY R. BLACKSTON

Type
Physician · Eye and Vision Services Providers / Optometrist
Where
OPP, AL
NPI
1740286301
Received
$1,482 in 37 records, 2019 to 2025
Source
CMS Open Payments search ↗

By year

Program yearKindRecordsAmount
2025General payment7$404
2024General payment6$296
2023General payment4$148
2022General payment3$114
2021General payment6$198
2020General payment8$206
2019General payment3$113

By company

CompanyRecordsAmountYears
Alcon Vision LLC12$8212019–2025
Allergan, Inc.6$2042020–2022
Optos, Inc.2$632020
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$612019
Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC3$582020–2021
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.2$472022–2023
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.2$472025
Dompe US, Inc.1$402024
Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.1$362024
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.2$292024
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation2$272020–2021
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.1$232023
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$192020

By nature of payment

NatureRecordsAmount
Food and Beverage37$1,482

Records

DateCompanyAmountNatureFormProductStudyYear
2025-09-24BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.$23Food and BeverageIn-kind items and services2025
2025-08-23Alcon Vision LLC$60Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesPrecision7 Device, Ophthalmology2025
2025-08-23Alcon Vision LLC$50Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesRocklatan Drug, Ophthalmology2025
2025-08-22Alcon Vision LLC$121Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesAcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL Device, Ophthalmology2025
2025-08-04Alcon Vision LLC$23Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesTRYPTYR Drug, Ophthalmology2025
2025-07-29Alcon Vision LLC$100Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesClareon PanOptix Pro Device, Ophthalmology2025
2025-05-21BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.$24Food and BeverageIn-kind items and services2025
2024-11-22Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$16Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesXIIDRA Drug, Ophthalmology2024
2024-08-18Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$36Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesCIRRUS HD-OCT Device, Optical Tomography2024
2024-08-17Alcon Vision LLC$44Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesRocklatan Drug, Ophthalmology2024
2024-08-16Alcon Vision LLC$144Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesHYDRUS Microstent Device, Ophthalmology2024
2024-06-25Dompe US, Inc.$40Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesOXERVATE Drug, SOLUTION/ DROPS2024
2024-04-16Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$13Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesXIIDRA Drug, Ophthalmology2024
2023-08-17Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$19Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesTYRVAYA Drug, DRY EYE2023
2023-06-27Alcon Vision LLC$44Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesTOTAL30 Device, Ophthalmology2023
2023-04-25Alcon Vision LLC$59Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesTOTAL30 Device, Ophthalmology2023
2023-02-07SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.$23Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesCequa Drug, Ophthalmology2023
2022-08-27Alcon Vision LLC$45Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesrhopressa Drug, Glaucoma2022
2022-06-28Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.$27Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesTYRVAYA Drug, DRY EYE2022
2022-02-22Allergan, Inc.$41Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesVUITY Drug, OPHTHALMOLOGY2022
2021-11-10Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC$23Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesLOTEMAX SM Drug, Ophthalmology2021
2021-09-15Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC$22Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesLOTEMAX SM Drug, Ophthalmology2021
2021-08-21Allergan, Inc.$33Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesRESTASIS MULTIDOSE Drug, DRY EYE2021
2021-08-21Allergan, Inc.$31Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesLUMIGAN Drug, OPHTHALMOLOGY2021
2021-07-22Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$14Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesXIIDRA Drug, OPHTHALMOLOGY2021
2021-03-30Alcon Vision LLC$72Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesPrecision 1 Device, Ophthalmology2021
2020-10-27Allergan, Inc.$28Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesDURYSTA Drug, GLAUCOMA2020
2020-08-29Allergan, Inc.$38Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesLUMIGAN Drug, OPHTHALMOLOGY2020
2020-08-29Allergan, Inc.$30Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesRESTASIS Drug, DRY EYE2020
2020-07-28Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$13Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesXIIDRA Drug, OPHTHALMOLOGY2020
2020-07-24Optos, Inc.$11Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesP200DTx Device, OPHTHALMOLOGY2020
2020-07-23Optos, Inc.$52Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesP200DTx Device, OPHTHALMOLOGY2020
2020-06-24Bausch & Lomb, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC$11Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesULTRA Device, OPHTHALMOLOGY2020
2020-03-12Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$19Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesrhopressa Drug, Glaucoma2020
2019-10-29Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$28Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesINVELTYS Drug, OCULAR2019
2019-08-27Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$33Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesINVELTYS Drug, OCULAR2019
2019-05-28Alcon Vision LLC$51Food and BeverageIn-kind items and servicesAIR OPTIX Device, Ophthalmology2019

CMS Open Payments: payments and transfers of value that drug and medical device makers and group purchasing organizations report to Medicare, program years 2019 on, as published by CMS (general, research and ownership records; refreshed by CMS each June and January). Links to other records on this site are by name (and state) only.

The area Census

Covington CountyOpp city

County outline, the place (blue), the tract (orange) and the ZIP center (dot).

In Opp, AL, county Covington County, AL, state Alabama; placed by its city name.

MeasurePlace (city or town)
Opp, AL		County
Covington County, AL		State
Alabama
Population B010036,70937,6285,086,768
Population, 2020 census P16,77137,5705,024,279
Median age B0100244.943.339.3
Under 18 B0100123.3%22.2%22.2%
65 and over B0100124.3%22.2%17.8%
Households B110012,70714,6421,997,247
Foreign born B050020.9%1.2%4.0%
Median household income B19013$41,347$52,456$63,999
Median family income B19113$59,750$70,102$83,032
Per capita income B19301$24,607$30,251$36,087
Poverty rate B1700126.3%19.2%15.6%
Unemployment rate B230255.2%5.2%4.7%
Civilian labor force B230252,75415,7242,367,787
Mean commute (minutes) B0801327.425.525.5
Bachelor's degree or higher B1500310.1%17.2%28.4%
Housing units B250013,30618,7142,337,265
Owner-occupied B2500371.2%76.3%70.2%
Renters B2500328.8%23.7%29.8%
Median home value B25077$115,700$152,100$209,900
Median gross rent B25064$720$746$1,007
White, not Hispanic B0300278.6%82.3%63.4%
Black B0300216.3%11.9%25.6%
Hispanic or Latino B030021.2%2.0%5.6%
Asian B030020.0%0.5%1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native B030020.5%0.2%0.3%

Economy now FRED unemployment 3.5% in Sep 2026 (2.8% a year earlier); per capita personal income $59,754 in 2025, up 30% in five years (+4.7% after inflation); Unemployment rate: 5.8% in Sep 2016 to 3.5% in Sep 2026; low 2.3%, high 13.8% the state; Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Data: IPUMS NHGIS (ACS 2020-2024 and the 2020 census); each figure links to its table for that area at data.census.gov. Records are placed by ZIP code and city name, not street address. More: everything FURP has in Opp, AL.

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