Meredith Carr, APRN
Primary Care · Augusta, GANPI 1720634397
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,539 of the $11,998 with a category attached, or 87.8%. It is spread thinly across 42 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among primary care clinicians in GA 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 633 payments — averaging $18.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$794
- AstraZeneca$700
- GSK$577
- plus $4K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,45912%
- Food & beverage$10,53988%
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.
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
$11,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 235 primary care 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 55 | $65,034 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $59,404 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 39 | $53,502 |
| EliquisApixaban | 56 | $49,651 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 34 | $32,100 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 35 | $30,570 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 13 | $28,726 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 12 | $27,234 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 35 | $27,005 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $22,960 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 15 | $22,158 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 17 | $21,129 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 11 | $9,100 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 14 | $8,733 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 15 | $6,952 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $794 | $87,99469 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,960 | $74,63156 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $430 | $59,40444 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $325 | $49,65156 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $700 | $39,30349 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $577 | $33,95750 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,673 | $32,10034 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $146 | $22,15815 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $172 | $79612 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 235 primary care providers in Georgia.
Other primary care in Augusta
- Caitlin CrossAugusta$2K
- Pamela TurkDouglas$15K
- Morgan JonesLawrenceville$14K
- Jessi HaleColumbus$13K
- Ashtyn ZaryckiSavannah$12K
- Zanetta BryantNewnan$11K
- Hannah CummingsSuwanee$9K
- Michelle LadewigGainesville$7K
- Lucia OcanoviciuCanton$7K
- Sarah NewGrovetown$7K
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.