Karen Stuart, MD
Gynecology · Columbus, GANPI 1275627481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.7% of the total across 194 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 41 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $929 and has fallen 52.7% since, to $440 in 2025.
Across 194 payments — averaging $24.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$836
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$431
- Pfizer$384
- Intuitive Surgical$313
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$309
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$235
- plus $2K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,45794%
- Education$2976%
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) | 29 | $836 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 11 | $431 |
| Pfizer | 32 | $384 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $313 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $309 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 9 | $235 |
| Lupin Inc. | 14 | $234 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 3 | $199 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $195 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 8 | $186 |
| Bayer | 8 | $141 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 2 | $125 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $101 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $91 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $64 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $64 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $39 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $35 |
| BD | 1 | $31 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $26 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biogen | 1 | $18 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $6 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$132
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$125
- Myosure$124
- NovaSure$124
- Orilissa$110
- MYFEMBREE$106
How this compares
$4,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 119 gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 13 | $6,087 |
| Estradiol | 50 | $2,702 |
| Metronidazole | 32 | $841 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 33 | $708 |
| Terconazole | 19 | $521 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 19 | $233 |
| Fluconazole | 36 | $176 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 14 | $61 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $309 | $6,08713 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 85th percentile of 119 gynecology providers in Georgia.
Other gynecology in Columbus
- Soyini HawkinsPeachtree Corners$585K
- Rama RaoAtlanta$343K
- Michael RandellAtlanta$196K
- Ceana NezhatAtlanta$157K
- Sujatha ReddyAtlanta$116K
- Thomas LyonsConyers$71K
- Jennifer ElliottAlpharetta$55K
- Daniel EstevesLawrenceville$16K
- Nathan MordelRoswell$15K
- Michael BakarichLagrange$9K
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.