Amanda Heck
Payments from drug & device makers
$2,205in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 121 payments — averaging $18.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$258
- AbbVie$238
- Lilly USA, LLC$217
- Novo Nordisk$145
- Pfizer$131
- Boehringer Ingelheim$127
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,205100%
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
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23
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25
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 | 15 | $258 |
| AbbVie | 13 | $238 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $217 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $145 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $131 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $127 |
| Amgen | 7 | $112 |
| Bayer | 7 | $109 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $107 |
| GSK | 5 | $93 |
| Abbott | 4 | $84 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $60 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Vertex | 3 | $50 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,268 family providers in Iowa.
Other family in Tama
- Christa SlagleTama$5K
- Sherri VeselyTama$5K
- Jenifer CooperTama$4K
- Stefanie GaticaAnkeny$354K
- Aubrey MolgaardAmes$238K
- Joan KittenFort Dodge$85K
- Megan FergusonPella$82K
- Rodney ClarkDes Moines$63K
- Jennifer CondonFort Dodge$31K
- Karen HunkeAmes$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.