Lauren Prusinski Fernung
Dermatology · Augusta, GANPI 1689299935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.1% of the total across 133 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,123 and has fallen 62.7% since, to $419 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $3,907.
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
- Firas HougeirDouglasville$3.1M
- David CohenMacon$2.9M
- Zakiya RiceAtlanta$1.1M
- Joseph PayneAtlanta$711K
- Jonathan WeissSnellville$692K
- Jamie WeismanAtlanta$620K
- Mack RachalAtlanta$260K
- Tiffany Clay-RamseyMarietta$207K
- Jessica MercerSnellville$183K
- Sumayah TaliaferroAtlanta$104K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.