Kenneth Carter
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Nashville, TNNPI 1912901331
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,000 of the $9,012 with a category attached, or 77.7%. Mimedx Group, Inc. accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,580, more than ten times the $198 reported in 2019. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 138 payments — averaging $65.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$7K
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$353
- AbbVie$337
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$244
- Stryker$117
- Bayer$99
- plus $861 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,00078%
- Food & beverage$2,01222%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 20 | $7,000 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 39 | $353 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $337 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 3 | $244 |
| Stryker | 1 | $117 |
| Bayer | 4 | $99 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| Biogen | 4 | $88 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $79 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $33 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Lupin 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.
- BOVINE COLLAGEN$1,000
- TRIATHLON$117
How this compares
$9,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 763 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 17 | $4,259 |
| PremproEstrogen,con/M-Progest Acet | 14 | $3,846 |
| Estradiol | 13 | $28 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPremarin, Prempro | $14 | $8,10531 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 90th percentile of 763 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Tennessee.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Nashville
- Michael SwanNashville$146K
- Royce AdkinsNashville$95K
- Olga MuldoonNashville$91K
- Kimberly LooneyNashville$84K
- Lewis BellardoNashville$20K
- Suzanne BryantNashville$19K
- Stephen ClendeninNashville$14K
- Christopher SizemoreNashville$13K
- Laura BinkleyNashville$12K
- Georgia FerrellNashville$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.