Karen Kinney
Emergency Medicine · Wilmington, NCNPI 1760474175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 199 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,186 and has fallen 87.2% since, to $152 in 2022. Among emergency medicine clinicians in NC 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 199 payments — averaging $13.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$553
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$452
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$405
- Alkermes, Inc.$301
- Johnson & Johnson$228
- Lundbeck LLC$167
- plus $612 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,713100%
- Education$50%
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) | 51 | $553 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $452 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 35 | $405 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 18 | $301 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $228 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 11 | $167 |
| Indivior Inc. | 10 | $153 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 7 | $125 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $89 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $76 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,717 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,657 emergency medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other emergency medicine in Wilmington
- Andres ExpositoWilmington$5K
- Benjamin WilesWilmington$1K
- Boyd WashingtonCharlotte$369K
- Aaron CottenRocky Mount$171K
- Frank AgatucciDurham$153K
- Vivek TayalCharlotte$79K
- Charles GerardoDurham$55K
- Steven FolstadMooresville$53K
- Simon MahlerWinston Salem$52K
- Bijal ShahCharlotte$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.