Renee Walker, DO
Pediatric Otolaryngology · Joplin, MONPI 1417949488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $5,552 of the $8,168 with a category attached, or 68.0%. Novartis accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,625 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $474 in 2025. Among pediatric otolaryngology clinicians in MO 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 97 payments — averaging $84.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$6K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$476
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$403
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$229
- Acclarent, Inc$219
- Sanofi$196
- plus $938 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$751%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,55268%
- Food & beverage$2,37229%
- Education$991%
- Other$701%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 14 | $5,708 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 8 | $476 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 19 | $403 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $229 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 4 | $219 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $196 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $187 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $111 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Stryker | 2 | $73 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $35 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $12 |
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
$8,168 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 20 pediatric otolaryngology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NucalaMepolizumab | 11 | $40,577 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 11 | $35,466 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 12 | $6,815 |
| Epinephrine | 31 | $4,884 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 78 | $1,630 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 39 | $1,330 |
| Ofloxacin | 26 | $613 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 30 | $347 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $295 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $291 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 11 | $271 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 17 | $173 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $78 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $77 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $74 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKNucala | $12 | $40,57711 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $187 | $6,81512 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 20 pediatric otolaryngology providers in Missouri.
Other pediatric otolaryngology in Joplin
- David MolterSaint Louis$5K
- Kim BakerKansas City$2K
- Eliav Gov-AriColumbia$2K
- Elie KhalifeeKansas City$1K
- Adrienne ChildersSaint Louis$1K
- David LeonardSaint Louis$532
- Jason BrownKansas City$507
- Jennifer BrinkmeierSaint Louis$420
- Maithilee MenezesSaint Louis$389
- John StithSt Louis$201
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.