Carol Elkins, MD
Family Medicine · Clearfield, PANPI 1174538821
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 206 payments — averaging $16.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$458
- Pfizer$375
- Novartis$358
- Novo Nordisk$270
- Johnson & Johnson$247
- AstraZeneca$196
- plus $1K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,338100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 28 | $458 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $375 |
| Novartis | 22 | $358 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $270 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $247 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $196 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $138 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $137 |
| Abbott | 7 | $121 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $91 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $66 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| GSK | 3 | $55 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $53 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $43 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $42 |
| Biogen | 2 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $31 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bayer | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 109 | $78,003 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 87 | $76,141 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 61 | $66,404 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 37 | $28,862 |
| KeppraLevetiracetam | 12 | $24,140 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 20 | $23,334 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 23 | $17,960 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 11 | $15,655 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $14,694 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $14,041 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 15 | $14,012 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 31 | $12,997 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 34 | $12,699 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $11,319 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 33 | $6,478 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $375 | $78,003109 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $247 | $76,14187 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $270 | $66,40461 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $51 | $42,90351 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar, Restasis | $138 | $39,47151 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta | $55 | $24,31646 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $358 | $23,33420 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $42 | $19,39938 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $24 | $3,57141 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Clearfield
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
- Bryce PalchickPittsburgh$4.7M
- Harris CohenHorsham$3.7M
- Shari RozenPittsburgh$2.9M
- Richard CookUniontown$2.1M
- Bruce GebhardtErie$2.1M
- Peter CognettiScranton$1.9M
- Bradley FoxErie$1.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.