Karen Puett
Family · Hickory, NCNPI 1205081460
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,395 of the $1,555 with a category attached, or 89.7%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 90 payments — averaging $17.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dexcom, Inc.$277
- Novo Nordisk$237
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$160
- Boehringer Ingelheim$153
- AbbVie$145
- Amgen$122
- plus $460 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,39590%
- Education$16010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexcom, Inc. | 15 | $277 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $237 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $153 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $145 |
| Amgen | 8 | $122 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Bayer | 3 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 4,522 family providers in North Carolina.
Other family in Hickory
- Kelly HolmesHickory$55K
- Tanya DyerHickory$21K
- Leslie ByrneFayetteville$482K
- Michele CerraRaleigh$332K
- Anne LakeArchdale$306K
- Carrie PettitRaleigh$298K
- Nicole RothmanDurham$268K
- Meredith LeaYanceyville$253K
- Jennifer GibbsRaleigh$216K
- Juanita PerkinsDurham$213K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.