Turkessa Walker, MD
Allergy & Immunology · Milledgeville, GANPI 1427238666
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 326 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,991, 2.4 times the $840 reported in 2019.
Across 326 payments — averaging $21.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$944
- Sanofi$853
- GSK$622
- Novartis$376
- Pfizer$347
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,81299%
- Education$421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 67 | $1,261 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 40 | $944 |
| Sanofi | 29 | $853 |
| GSK | 35 | $622 |
| Novartis | 17 | $376 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $347 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 19 | $347 |
| CSL Behring | 14 | $311 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 15 | $294 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 13 | $290 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $132 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $116 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $109 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 4 | $94 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 4 | $76 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Organon | 4 | $64 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $32 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$6,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 107 allergy & immunology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FasenraBenralizumab | 19 | $102,951 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 41 | $100,645 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $20,462 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 13 | $9,553 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 17 | $6,733 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 14 | $5,162 |
| Azelastine-FluticasoneAzelastine/Fluticasone | 26 | $3,308 |
| Epinephrine | 15 | $3,255 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 99 | $2,831 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 50 | $2,065 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 115 | $1,718 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 68 | $1,553 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 14 | $823 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 87 | $760 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $276 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFasenra, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,261 | $117,66746 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $622 | $27,19529 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $76 | $3,25515 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 60th percentile of 107 allergy & immunology providers in Georgia.
Other allergy & immunology in Milledgeville
- Michael BlaissRoswell$1.1M
- Deborah BirxAtlanta$470K
- Tracy BridgesAlbany$364K
- Jack EadesMacon$237K
- Stanley FinemanMarietta$186K
- Robert CartwrightColumbus$169K
- Robert ChrzanowskiColumbus$115K
- Belinda GrahamSmyrna$94K
- Lily HwangRoswell$88K
- Paul RabinowitzAtlanta$57K
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.