Walker Barmore
Internal Medicine · Augusta, GANPI 1881257152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (50.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,011, more than ten times the $239 reported in 2023. Among internal medicine clinicians in GA 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 80 payments — averaging $99.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Abiomed$806
- Abbott$429
- Cvrx, Inc.$286
- Stryker$252
- Boston Scientific$243
- plus $994 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4,00050%
- Food & beverage$3,62845%
- Education$3574%
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 | 13 | $4,976 |
| Abiomed | 11 | $806 |
| Abbott | 7 | $429 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $286 |
| Stryker | 8 | $252 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $243 |
| Novartis | 9 | $219 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $126 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $113 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $49 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $26 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$7,985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.