Dr. Abby Clark, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Clark
Dr. Abby Clark is a family medicine in Amarillo, TX, with 16 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Clark performed 5,445 Medicare services across 3,396 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Clark received a total of $5,759 from 43 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 362 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Clark is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 671 | $1 | $2 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 468 | $81 | $125 |
| Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated | 432 | $4 | $4 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 397 | $3 | $3 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 379 | $55 | $89 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 277 | $8 | $8 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 276 | $10 | $11 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 271 | $9 | $10 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 261 | $16 | $17 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 228 | $13 | $14 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 182 | $124 | $126 |
| Urine culture, bacterial colony count | 178 | $8 | $8 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 146 | $42 | $63 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 103 | $15 | $15 |
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus | 102 | $16 | $17 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 83 | $9 | $9 |
| Basic metabolic blood panel | 79 | $8 | $9 |
| Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection | 64 | $0 | $1 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 63 | $8 | $13 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 61 | $30 | $30 |
| Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine including spine fracture assessment | 57 | $48 | $54 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 57 | $72 | $73 |
| Vitamin D level test | 56 | $29 | $30 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus | 50 | $34 | $100 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 50 | $0 | $3 |
| Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis | 49 | $6 | $6 |
| Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | 48 | $1 | $2 |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views | 46 | $16 | $23 |
| Uric acid level test | 44 | $4 | $5 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 35 | $9 | $9 |
| Colorectal cancer screening; fecal occult blood test, immunoassay, 1-3 simultaneous | 34 | $18 | $18 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 28 | $37 | $56 |
| Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 28 | $19 | $19 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 23 | $150 | $201 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 20 | $5 | $5 |
| Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free | 19 | $17 | $17 |
| Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems | 17 | $2 | $21 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 17 | $29 | $30 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 13 | $281 | $295 |
| X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | 11 | $24 | $38 |
| Lipase (fat enzyme) level | 11 | $7 | $7 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 11 | $158 | $162 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (92%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Clark is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 3% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 11%), with 16 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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