Cassandra Parker
Gerontology · Edina, MNNPI 1568940260
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Abbott accounts for 74.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,472, more than ten times the $79 reported in 2022. Among gerontology clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 22 payments — averaging $88.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$244
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$68
- Medtronic$67
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$50
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$31
- plus $44 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$93648%
- Food & beverage$1,00952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $1,441 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $244 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $67 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $8 |
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.
How this compares
$1,945 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 106 gerontology providers in Minnesota.
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 | 105 | $143,129 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 28 | $40,167 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $26,993 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $12,992 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 17 | $11,998 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $9,570 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 252 | $5,008 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 122 | $2,006 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 67 | $1,640 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 74 | $1,352 |
| Potassium Chloride | 23 | $1,255 |
| Carvedilol | 64 | $1,039 |
| Ezetimibe | 39 | $1,033 |
| Torsemide | 40 | $969 |
| Lisinopril | 68 | $949 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Edina
- Katrina HullEdina$1K
- Margaret ObrienEdina$259
- Emily NewmanEdina$188
- Connie BrennanSt Louis Park$270K
- Jennifer KishEden Prairie$7K
- Kelly GaraffaMinneapolis$4K
- Danielle MrkvickaMinneapolis$4K
- Lauren O'LaughlinMaplewood$2K
- Dana WickersheimMinneapolis$2K
- Linda WickMinneapolis$2K
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.