Laurel Barnes, MD
Surgical Oncology · Atlanta, GANPI 1083092142
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,853 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $83 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgical oncology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $2,336.
Across 43 payments — averaging $54.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Leica Microsystems Inc.$210
- Lilly USA, LLC$168
- AstraZeneca$160
- Bioventus LLC$109
- Vertex$52
- plus $220 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14949%
- Food & beverage$97742%
- Education$2109%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 13 | $1,417 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $210 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $168 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $160 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Vertex | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PlasmaBlade$1,063
- SonicOne Clinic$109
How this compares
$2,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 43 surgical oncology 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.
Other surgical oncology in Atlanta
- Eddie AbdallaAtlanta$34K
- Atuhani BurnettAtlanta$23K
- Nicole KounalakisAtlanta$14K
- Barry RosemanAtlanta$10K
- David KoobyAtlanta$6K
- Salila HashmiAtlanta$6K
- Neil SaundersAtlanta$5K
- Meredith MasonAtlanta$5K
- Clara FarleyAtlanta$4K
- Olivia ChengAtlanta$3K
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.