Kara Hoverson, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Bethesda, MDNPI 1790197200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $761 of the $858 with a category attached, or 88.7%. It is spread thinly across 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $400 and has fallen 56.7% since, to $174 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $858.
Across 26 payments — averaging $32.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$197
- Merz North America, Inc.$188
- Pfizer$115
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$85
- Lilly USA, LLC$55
- Sanofi$49
- plus $169 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$76189%
- Education$9711%
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(2 entities) | 6 | $197 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $115 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $85 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $49 |
| Novartis | 2 | $40 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $24 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$858 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 26 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Maryland.
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.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Bethesda
- Mark WelchBethesda$733
- Christopher DolanBethesda$494
- Sabrina HouseBethesda$225
- Jeffrey LackeyBethesda$75
- Andrew MontemaranoBethesda$16
- Cylburn SodenLaurel$201K
- Michael WarnerFrederick$31K
- Trinh PhamTowson$10K
- Julia Santoso-PhamTowson$10K
- Hyland CroninChevy Chase$5K
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.