Kit Taylor, PA
Surgical · Augusta, GANPI 1427505940
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 44.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,496, more than ten times the $126 reported in 2022.
Across 43 payments — averaging $75.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Globus Medical$248
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$111
- Nevro Corp.$91
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$22
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,60750%
- Food & beverage$1,57849%
- Education$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 5 | $1,421 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $1,337 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $248 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $91 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $22 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$1,103
- SYNCHROMEDII$523
- ETERNA$309
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$126
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$125
How this compares
$3,230 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 372 surgical providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 92 | $3,777 |
| Gabapentin | 135 | $1,380 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $894 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 26 | $607 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 45 | $573 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 90 | $519 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 46 | $478 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $377 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $358 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $318 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $152 |
| Meloxicam | 46 | $96 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Augusta
- Nathan BoykinAugusta$4K
- Bernadette SkruckAugusta$4K
- Lauren EdekerAlpharetta$305K
- Michael BerkeAtlanta$242K
- Emily WatsonAtlanta$150K
- Beretta Craft-CoffmanCanton$30K
- Sarah NayebosadriDuluth$28K
- Kenneth NorrisLawrenceville$19K
- Scott LinacreLawrenceville$19K
- Richard HeimbeckerLawrenceville$15K
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.