Russell Farmer, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1699981191
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,790 of the $2,738 with a category attached, or 65.4%. Medtronic accounts for 72.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,939 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $68 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $5,699.
Across 47 payments — averaging $58.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- AbbVie$241
- Johnson & Johnson$118
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$98
- Baxter Healthcare$97
- Covidien LP$50
- plus $139 from 7 others
Across 49 payments — averaging $2493.96 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$122K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$94835%
- Food & beverage$1,79065%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 27 | $1,994 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $241 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $118 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $97 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $50 |
| Cerus Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 28 colon & rectal surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 68 | $3,153 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 27 | $1,240 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $215 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 17 | $63 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Louisville
- Nechol AllenLouisville$18K
- Jeffrey JordenLouisville$13K
- Sandra KavalukasLouisville$7K
- Ryan JonesLouisville$7K
- Wayne TucksonLouisville$6K
- Michelle JulienLouisville$4K
- Clayton EllisLouisville$3K
- Scarlett HaoLouisville$2K
- Susan GalandiukLouisville$1K
- Amy WiseLouisville$496
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.