David Lauber, MD
Surgery · Corbin, KYNPI 1104879519
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 57 payments — averaging $20.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$136
- Johnson & Johnson$109
- Smith+Nephew$103
- Davol Inc.$94
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$75
- Medtronic$74
- plus $577 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,169100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 7 | $136 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $109 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $103 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $74 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $65 |
| Vertex | 3 | $56 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $47 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $36 |
| Molli Surgical (US) Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $27 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $12 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,169 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 16 | $727 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 24 | $346 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 85 | $191 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 14 | $174 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 29 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Corbin
- Aaron HouseCorbin$79K
- Jahan MiremamiCorbin$15K
- Erika AlmodovarCorbin$13K
- Joseph KimLexington$1.6M
- John RothLexington$1.6M
- Eric SmithAshland$1.1M
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- George MundayDanville$271K
- Amber KoonHenderson$210K
- George BushBowling Green$120K
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.