Lauren Prusinski Fernung
Dermatology · Augusta, GANPI 1689299935
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 133 payments — averaging $31.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$710
- Johnson & Johnson$470
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$389
- Sanofi$351
- Amgen$290
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$274
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,96996%
- Education$1604%
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 | 29 | $710 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $470 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 4 | $389 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $351 |
| Amgen | 8 | $290 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 12 | $274 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $263 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $226 |
| Novartis | 3 | $223 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $175 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $137 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $111 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $72 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $57 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 345 dermatology providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 12 | $227 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Augusta
- David CohenMacon$5.5M
- Jamie WeismanAtlanta$4.9M
- Tiffani HamiltonAlpharetta$3.3M
- Firas HougeirDouglasville$3.3M
- Jonathan WeissSnellville$2.4M
- Mark KnautzPowder Springs$1.7M
- Gerald SlagelFayetteville$1.2M
- Zakiya RiceAtlanta$1.1M
- Corinne HowingtonSavannah$874K
- Alia BrownSnellville$838K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.