Joann Karaga, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health, Adult · Atlanta, GANPI 1629282785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alkermes, Inc. at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $289 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $139 in 2025.
Across 27 payments — averaging $25.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$248
- AbbVie$208
- Indivior Inc.$69
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$62
- Lundbeck LLC$37
- Johnson & Johnson$31
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$691100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 8 | $248 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $208 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $62 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ARISTADA$401
- ARISTADA INITIO$100
How this compares
$691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 22 psychiatric/mental health, adult providers in Georgia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 19 | $177,708 |
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 13 | $150,233 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 28 | $97,485 |
| Invega TrinzaPaliperidone Palmitate | 11 | $91,153 |
| AristadaAripiprazole Lauroxil | 16 | $39,476 |
| CaplytaLumateperone Tosylate | 11 | $23,030 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 24 | $6,926 |
| Clozapine | 13 | $2,984 |
| Aripiprazole | 42 | $2,282 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 26 | $2,208 |
| Olanzapine | 79 | $1,779 |
| Haloperidol Decanoate | 26 | $1,529 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 58 | $1,098 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 44 | $1,088 |
| Benztropine Mesylate | 56 | $803 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna, Invega Trinza | $31 | $188,63839 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $14 | $177,70819 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr | $20 | $150,23313 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Aristada | $248 | $39,47616 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 22 psychiatric/mental health, adult providers in Georgia.
Other psychiatric/mental health, adult in Atlanta
- Barbara HartsfieldAtlanta$588
- Jackie WilliamsAtlanta$346
- Julie BurkeCarrollton$78K
- Vernell FloodNorcross$3K
- Dene BellamyDecatur$1K
- Jennifer SimondsAugusta$1K
- Wendy Barnes-MellstromSmyrna$800
- Pamela RatajczakMilledgeville$247
- Ailaf DarfoorLawrenceville$213
- Carmen TurnerMoultrie$206
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.