Magdalena Kertscher
Medical · Atlanta, GANPI 1487178893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 205 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 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,951 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $447 in 2025.
Across 205 payments — averaging $18.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$825
- Novartis$551
- Amgen$398
- Johnson & Johnson$376
- UCB, Inc.$305
- Pfizer$229
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,815100%
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 | 49 | $825 |
| Novartis | 43 | $551 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $398 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $376 |
| UCB, Inc. | 18 | $305 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $229 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 8 | $162 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $146 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $97 |
| GSK | 3 | $76 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 3 | $59 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $51 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $18 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,815 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 950 medical providers in Georgia.
Other medical in Atlanta
- Kimberly OrleckAtlanta$727K
- Danna Dennis-CalderAtlanta$87K
- Ferrina ShethAtlanta$49K
- Adriana RuizAtlanta$39K
- Punam PunjaAtlanta$31K
- Adrienne AndersonAtlanta$25K
- Jeremiah RobinsonAtlanta$23K
- Steven SchmittAtlanta$15K
- Taylor WeintraubAtlanta$15K
- Margaret SellersAtlanta$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.