Sarah Dunn, DO
Hospitalist · Kingsport, TNNPI 1831291517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 70 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $566 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $2 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 70 payments — averaging $19.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$413
- Pfizer$165
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$142
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$98
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$85
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$69
- plus $389 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,35499%
- Education$71%
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 | 20 | $413 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $165 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Meditrina | 3 | $64 |
| Organon | 4 | $50 |
| Bayer | 3 | $47 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 349 hospitalist providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 18 | $753 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 13 | $731 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Kingsport
- John MannKingsport$4K
- Gerald OnuohaNashville$37K
- Sunil KripalaniNashville$23K
- Ankur SethMemphis$13K
- Eugene ScobeyMemphis$6K
- Monico BanezJackson$6K
- Omar AlsharifKnoxville$6K
- Matthew JosephNashville$5K
- Courtney TafesseMurfreesboro$5K
- Arnel PaneloNashville$5K
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.