Carol Schwanz
Acute Care · Littleton, CONPI 1598100570
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $737 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $24.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$207
- Abbott$171
- EMD Serono, Inc.$67
- Boston Scientific$57
- Neurelis, Inc.$55
- UCB, Inc.$47
- plus $504 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,107100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 10 | $207 |
| Abbott | 2 | $171 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $57 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $45 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $40 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- INFINITY$150
How this compares
$1,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 239 acute care providers in Colorado.
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 | 26 | $14,722 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $294 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 42 | $187 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 15 | $163 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $151 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 32 | $145 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 23 | $124 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 30 | $107 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $62 |
| Lisinopril | 23 | $56 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $55 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $49 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $49 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $46 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Littleton
- Shari Nieman CorsoLittleton$14K
- Danielle ParkerLittleton$7K
- Elizabeth CarterLittleton$6K
- Amy CardonaLittleton$4K
- Bonnie ScheckenbachLittleton$4K
- Marianne MoralesLittleton$3K
- Jamee McCarthyLittleton$3K
- Tiffany MorganColorado Springs$590K
- Wendy StevensCortez$57K
- Peter ByrneLone Tree$56K
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.