Kelli Baender, MD
Procedural Dermatology · Atlanta, GANPI 1093793416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,340 of the $9,790 with a category attached, or 85.2%. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,843 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $253 in 2025.
Across 358 payments — averaging $27.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$549
- Sanofi$545
- LEO Pharma Inc.$532
- UCB, Inc.$465
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,35014%
- Food & beverage$8,34085%
- Education$1001%
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) | 87 | $2,101 |
| Novartis | 12 | $1,597 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $549 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $545 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 27 | $532 |
| UCB, Inc. | 14 | $465 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 19 | $454 |
| Incyte Corporation | 9 | $432 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $350 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $348 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $317 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $279 |
| Amgen | 8 | $201 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $200 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 14 | $179 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $174 |
| Almirall LLC | 10 | $173 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $166 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $143 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 5 | $93 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $56 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Organon | 2 | $31 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
Too few procedural dermatology providers in Georgiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 50 | $1,682 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 67 | $832 |
| Metronidazole | 15 | $778 |
| Fluocinonide | 19 | $705 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 14 | $583 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 17 | $548 |
| Fluorouracil | 11 | $538 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $532 |
| Desonide | 12 | $489 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 15 | $481 |
| Ketoconazole | 27 | $223 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $216 |
| Mupirocin | 37 | $203 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 11 | $193 |
| Hydrocortisone | 17 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other procedural dermatology in Atlanta
- Corinne EricksonAtlanta$10K
- Amanda HarpringAtlanta$2K
- Jason SmithRome$272K
- Tanda LaneColumbus$6K
- Karen ParviainenAugusta$5K
- Abdul HafeezLawrenceville$4K
- Karen MaffeiWatkinsville$3K
- James YeckleySavannah$2K
- Mark LingNewnan$737
- Robert McClureLilburn$592
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.