Kaaren Olesen, DO
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Urbandale, IANPI 1013983881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 59.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,152 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $387 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in IA 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 109 payments — averaging $48.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$432
- AbbVie$310
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$220
- Bayer$204
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$154
- plus $844 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,45427%
- Food & beverage$2,09440%
- Education$1,74633%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 16 | $3,129 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $432 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $310 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $220 |
| Bayer | 11 | $204 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 8 | $154 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $127 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $56 |
| Merck | 3 | $51 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $48 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biogen | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,314
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$145
- NovaSure$145
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$145
- PICO 7$110
- DA VINCI SP$100
How this compares
$5,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 274 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 47 | $1,622 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $1,362 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 35 | $1,184 |
| DottiEstradiol | 15 | $806 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 24 | $374 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 11 | $73 |
| Hydrocortisone | 22 | $64 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Urbandale
- Jorge SotolongoCouncil Bluffs$171K
- Laura NealDubuque$157K
- Amy BingamanDes Moines$44K
- Alvadore OsbornWest Des Moines$34K
- Jason RexrothCedar Rapids$16K
- Maxwell MageeWest Des Moines$16K
- Lori PlattCouncil Bluffs$14K
- Heather MarthersWaterloo$14K
- Jerry RozeboomCedar Rapids$12K
- Emily Boevers SolversonIowa City$12K
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.