Karolina Ruthner, APRN
Family · Covington, LANPI 1205486644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,405 of the $16,907 with a category attached, or 73.4%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,694 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $1,951 in 2025. Among family clinicians in LA 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 351 payments — averaging $48.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Boston Scientific$726
- AstraZeneca$520
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$462
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$390
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3002%
- Travel & lodging$4,20225%
- Food & beverage$12,40573%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 126 | $7,534 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 126 | $5,929 |
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $726 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $520 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $462 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $390 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $250 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $230 |
| Abbott | 7 | $180 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 7 | $177 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $87 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$16,907 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,610 family providers in Louisiana.
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 | 17 | $12,351 |
| Mupirocin | 152 | $1,063 |
| Valsartan | 25 | $774 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 43 | $605 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 151 | $595 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 64 | $594 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 16 | $414 |
| Carvedilol | 35 | $289 |
| Torsemide | 21 | $277 |
| Potassium Chloride | 15 | $248 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 21 | $244 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $221 |
| Amoxicillin | 78 | $211 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 27 | $186 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Covington
- Pamela EganCovington$15K
- Jeffrey KitchCovington$13K
- Rebecca EzellSlidell$268K
- Erin PierceNew Orleans$261K
- Tavell KindallNew Orleans$194K
- Ashlea HillRuston$169K
- Brittany MillerVille Platte$158K
- Ryanne ClarkeGretna$123K
- Elidia DewittBaton Rouge$108K
- Rebekah GarrardLafayette$105K
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.