Kathleen Edmunds
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1972579662
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.5% of the total across 185 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $567 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $136 in 2023.
Across 185 payments — averaging $7.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$390
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$161
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$158
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$125
- Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC$111
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$95
- plus $385 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,29091%
- Education$544%
- Gifts$816%
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) | 11 | $390 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $161 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 8 | $158 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 8 | $125 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 124 | $111 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 6 | $90 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Amgen | 3 | $68 |
| Lupin Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 763 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Tennessee.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Knoxville
- Larry FieldsKnoxville$323K
- Ramona ScottKnoxville$25K
- Lowell McCauleyKnoxville$21K
- Michael BullenKnoxville$13K
- Rosalind CadiganKnoxville$10K
- Nikki ZiteKnoxville$10K
- Kimberly RobertsKnoxville$9K
- Sudha NairKnoxville$8K
- Grover MayJohnson City$916K
- John GreenElizabethton$878K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.