Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

KARA LEA KERN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1811984321
CMS profile
82018
Location
CONROE, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,561.04

  • Reported across 441 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$761.13

37 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $761.13 37

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $181.66 8
Acerta Pharma LLC $160.85 8
Lilly USA, LLC $144.87 8
ABBVIE INC. $96.37 4
DEXCOM, INC. $70.42 3
PFIZER INC. $55.45 3
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.22 1
Novo Nordisk AS $16.78 1
Abbott Laboratories $14.51 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,961.42 106
PY2019 $1,000.14 60
PY2020 $1,122.09 75
PY2021 $816.91 53
PY2022 $956.21 58
PY2023 $943.14 52
PY2024 $761.13 37

Payment records · PY2024 (37)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $14.51 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125287310 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.94 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104054478 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $26.00 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104054480 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.85 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104054482 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $26.58 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104054484 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $30.74 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104753206 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.17 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104398601 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.44 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105631841 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $19.46 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104408211 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.43 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105714934 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.86 09/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105477559 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.49 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104384287 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.26 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104299794 CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.22 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134007751 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $23.53 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153312754 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $23.58 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153312756 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $23.31 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153312758 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $19.26 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116430085 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.73 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116043419 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $18.89 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116372737 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $21.53 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116050877 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $32.86 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116411183 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $20.36 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116680889 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $25.03 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116643220 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $25.00 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116211280 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.90 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135094742 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $23.56 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135093171 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $18.59 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135116369 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $17.85 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135116371 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.26 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135094744 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $21.04 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135093173 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.42 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135116373 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $17.25 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135118791 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.78 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097753701 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.33 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131052787 CMS
PFIZER INC. $25.03 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131379917 CMS
PFIZER INC. $16.09 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131860095 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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