Kari Smith
Family · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1114935368
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $3,000 of the $4,777 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Boston Scientific accounts for 91.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,436, 3.0 times the $1,137 reported in 2023. Among family clinicians in MN 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 28 payments — averaging $170.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$162
- Cvrx, Inc.$63
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$60
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$21
- Novartis$17
- plus $61 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00063%
- Travel & lodging$89219%
- Food & beverage$88519%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $4,392 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $162 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $60 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Watchman$3,000
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,028
- WATCHMAN FLX$245
How this compares
$4,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,121 family providers in Minnesota.
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 | 161 | $240,626 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 96 | $128,860 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $5,655 |
| Dofetilide | 14 | $4,868 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 235 | $4,545 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 121 | $2,635 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 51 | $1,555 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr)Diltiazem Hcl | 17 | $968 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 95 | $929 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 44 | $822 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 25 | $760 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 12 | $757 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 29 | $654 |
| Lisinopril | 57 | $630 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 12 | $560 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $14 | $240,626161 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 1,121 family providers in Minnesota.
Other family in Saint Paul
- Molly SchachtSaint Paul$3K
- Susan LavellSaint Paul$2K
- Erin HewittMinnetonka$172K
- Julia GourdeMinneapolis$65K
- Robin DontaMinneapolis$60K
- Kristin WeberMinneapolis$35K
- Crista WenischBurnsville$30K
- Kathleen FredellMinneapolis$28K
- Christina RichardsonNorthfield$27K
- Diana CzelMinneapolis$24K
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.