Karen Bauer
Nurse Practitioner · Decatur, GANPI 1568471332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,256 of the $44,331 with a category attached, or 63.7%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Solventum Corporation at 56.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,510, 6.7 times the $4,534 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 97 payments — averaging $457.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Solventum Corporation$25K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$14K
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- Organogenesis Inc.$474
- Kerecis Limited$282
- Reapplix Inc.$130
- plus $729 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,46821%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,25664%
- Travel & lodging$2,8056%
- Food & beverage$3,8029%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solventum Corporation | 28 | $25,037 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 19 | $13,697 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $3,983 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $474 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $282 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Gilead | 1 | $124 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $106 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $87 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $84 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- V.A.C. ULTA$13,879
- PREVENA$11,859
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$11,020
- UrgoK2$8,902
- ABTHERA ADVANCE$6,279
- 3M Cavilon$6,279
- ACTIV.A.C.$5,677
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$5,355
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$5,304
- KERRAMAX CARE$4,794
- 3M Coban$4,794
- DRAWTEX HYDROCONDUCTIVE WOUND DRESSING WITH LEVAFIBER 4X4$4,403
- NA$2,813
- V.A.C. GRANUFOAM$2,805
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$1,218
- Grafix$867
- KERRALITE COOL (NON ADHESIVE)$701
- Bair Hugger$421
- Iodosorb Ointment 40g USA$334
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$262
How this compares
$44,331 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,328 nurse practitioner providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 57 | $43,866 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 36 | $21,404 |
| Pentoxifylline | 24 | $952 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 103 | $922 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 94 | $911 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $528 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 23 | $482 |
| Cilostazol | 30 | $476 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $273 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 56 | $247 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 16 | $202 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 25 | $149 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $125 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 22 | $116 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $101 |
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 & JohnsonXarelto | $36 | $21,40436 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 95th percentile of 3,328 nurse practitioner providers in Georgia.
Other nurse practitioner in Decatur
- Maria HanikDecatur$37K
- Victor CzerkasijDalton$505K
- Kennon Mc CollumStockbridge$364K
- Tajuana BradleyJohns Creek$256K
- Jessica AdkinsSavannah$226K
- Janice McAlisterAtlanta$221K
- Laura ElledgeAtlanta$177K
- Afsha HussainiKennesaw$122K
- Elizabeth TyeAlbany$78K
- Luis PoloSavannah$70K
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.