Total Payments
$14,956
2024 Payments
$2,208
Companies
18
Transactions
306
Medicare Patients
146
Medicare Billing
$17,348
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$10,454 (69.9%)
Travel$4,202 (28.1%)
Consulting$300.00 (2.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $10,454 | 280 | 69.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $4,202 | 25 | 28.1% |
| Consulting Fee | $300.00 | 1 | 2.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. | $6,764 | 111 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $5,269 | 112 | $0 (2024) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $520.38 | 11 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $504.94 | 37 | $0 (2024) |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $461.52 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $308.84 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $249.71 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $229.98 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $159.43 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $134.60 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,208 | 60 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($766.39) |
| 2023 | $6,694 | 119 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($3,172) |
| 2022 | $4,185 | 84 | Medtronic, Inc. ($2,835) |
| 2021 | $1,870 | 43 | Medtronic, Inc. ($546.83) |
All Payment Transactions
306 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 13
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.40 | General |
| Category: General - Balloon Catheters_ICG | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.35 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.49 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $51.37 | General |
| 11/05/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.01 | General |
| Category: General - Balloon Catheters_ICG | ||||||
| 11/01/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.14 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.31 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.94 | General |
| 10/17/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $114.99 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $114.99 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $14.48 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.00 | General |
| Category: General - Balloon Catheters_ICG | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.87 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.01 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | FARXIGA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $106.82 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $74.48 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.33 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 09/15/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.30 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 09/14/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $113.08 | General |
| 09/14/2024 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $98.34 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
| 09/09/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.81 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $121.37 | General |
| 08/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | JOT DX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.28 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 08/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.33 | General |
| Category: AVVIGO_IC | ||||||
| 08/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.55 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN Pro_IC | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 85 | 94 | $14,236 | $9,487 |
| 2022 | 2 | 50 | 65 | $9,080 | $6,582 |
| 2021 | 1 | 11 | 13 | $1,612 | $1,279 |
Total Patients
146
Total Services
172
Medicare Billing
$17,348
Procedure Codes
5
All Medicare Procedures & Services
5 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 43 | 43 | $7,912 | $4,818 | 60.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 42 | 51 | $6,324 | $4,669 | 73.8% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 33 | 48 | $5,952 | $4,477 | 75.2% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $3,128 | $2,105 | 67.3% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Office | 2021 | 11 | 13 | $1,612 | $1,279 | 79.4% |
About Karolina Ruthner, APRN
Karolina Ruthner, APRN is a Family healthcare provider based in Covington, Louisiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/18/2019. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1205486644.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Karolina Ruthner, APRN has received a total of $14,956 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,208 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 306 transactions from 18 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($10,454).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ruthner has provided services to 146 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 172 services with total Medicare billing of $17,348. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 5 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Family
- Location Covington, LA
- Active Since 09/18/2019
- Last Updated 09/18/2019
- Taxonomy Code 363LF0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1205486644
Products in Payments
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $5,895
- EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $1,544
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $1,047
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $624.35
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $546.83
- Optimizer Smart System (Device) $461.52
- FARXIGA (Drug) $385.48
- LifeVest (Device) $308.84
- XARELTO (Drug) $249.71
- CAMZYOS (Drug) $229.98
- AVALUS (Device) $226.18
- PASCAL (Device) $154.99
- AVVIGO Guidance System (Device) $116.98
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $103.62
- ANDEXXA (Biological) $100.00
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder (Device) $98.34
- LINQ II (Device) $96.05
- JARDIANCE (Drug) $86.70
- AVEIR (Device) $80.52
- OptiCross (Device) $62.35
Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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