Laura Barger
Family · Germantown, TNNPI 1427698513
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.6% of the total. 2023 is the largest year on record at $13,738, more than ten times the $1,119 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in TN 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 259 payments — averaging $96.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$9K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$6K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$628
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$416
- Bristol Myers Squibb$284
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,37522%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,80043%
- Travel & lodging$2,75811%
- Food & beverage$6,02524%
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 | 80 | $8,635 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 41 | $7,767 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 13 | $6,114 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 22 | $628 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $416 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 21 | $284 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $149 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $131 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $121 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 6 | $108 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $69 |
| Amgen | 4 | $69 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$24,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,706 family providers in Tennessee.
Other family in Germantown
- Chantil JeffreysGermantown$195K
- Jennifer McKeeGermantown$81K
- Melissa BarnesGermantown$19K
- Stacy BrownMt Juliet$719K
- Dana WebberKnoxville$499K
- Brandy BiedermanHixson$448K
- Cynthia MillerMurfreesboro$384K
- Tamera ThoenerNashville$254K
- April SwonerHermitage$246K
- Jennifer WilliamsNashville$213K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.