Cathie Hren, PA
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Grand Junction, CONPI 1356424261
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 29 payments — averaging $24.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$122
- Boston Scientific$73
- Johnson & Johnson$70
- Medtronic$67
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$65
- AstraZeneca$49
- plus $271 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$716100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $73 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $70 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $67 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $65 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $49 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Abbott | 2 | $38 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Organon | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$716 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 120 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 139 | $184,324 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 119 | $143,310 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 100 | $123,823 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 37 | $48,644 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 32 | $39,346 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 51 | $27,237 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 48 | $22,547 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 29 | $20,889 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 32 | $8,021 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 44 | $4,201 |
| Nateglinide | 64 | $3,576 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $3,306 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 13 | $2,555 |
| Droplet Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 23 | $1,612 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 87 | $1,030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $33 | $143,310119 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $49 | $20,88929 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 35th percentile of 120 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Colorado.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Grand Junction
- Satish GargAurora$8.6M
- Neda RasouliAurora$6.7M
- Viralkumar ShahAurora$2.1M
- Halis AkturkAurora$1.8M
- Leigh PerreaultBoulder$1.7M
- Daniel BessesenDenver$1.2M
- Lori GerardEnglewood$786K
- Leonard ZemelDenver$728K
- Bryan HaugenAurora$714K
- Sarit PolskyAurora$575K
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.