Question 1

Has Barbara Kage received payments from drug or device companies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drug and device makers reported $21,389 in general payments to Barbara Kage across 889 transactions between 2019–2025. Most Open Payments records nationally are meals worth under $20; a reported payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 2

Does a payment mean Barbara Kage did something wrong?

Accepted Answer

No. Federal law requires drug and device makers to report almost every transfer of value to a physician, including a $14 sandwich at a lunch presentation. Consulting fees, research funding and royalties to device inventors are ordinary, legal parts of medicine. This site reports what was disclosed; it makes no allegation.

Question 3

Where does this information about Barbara Kage come from?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Payments come from Open Payments, published under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Billing and prescribing figures come from the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners and Part D Prescriber public use files for 2024.

Company	Payments	Total
Amgen(2 entities)	140	$9,665
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)	274	$2,511
AbbVie	107	$1,559
Novartis	57	$1,131
UCB, Inc.	67	$1,117
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	70	$1,074
Lilly USA, LLC	34	$787
AstraZeneca(2 entities)	16	$637
Pfizer	16	$354
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.	13	$303
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.	12	$295
Genentech USA, Inc.	11	$283
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	11	$274
GSK	11	$242
Sobi, Inc	5	$114
Sanofi	3	$92
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2	$88
CSL Behring	3	$84
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.	3	$82
Sandoz	3	$73
Boehringer Ingelheim	3	$66
Organon	3	$63
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	2	$57
Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC	3	$46
Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC	2	$46
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA	2	$35
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	2	$33
Bristol Myers Squibb	2	$32
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC	1	$31
Medexus Pharma, Inc.	2	$28
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.	1	$28
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1	$25
Antares Pharma, Inc.	1	$24
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1	$22
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.	1	$20
Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc.	1	$20
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC	1	$17
Mission Pharmacal Company	1	$16
Alk-abello, Inc	1	$15

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