Christa Slagle, APRN
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 356 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,962, 3.9 times the $501 reported in 2022. Among family clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 356 payments — averaging $15.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- AstraZeneca$691
- Amgen$672
- Pfizer$655
- Lilly USA, LLC$404
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$333
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,381100%
- Education$140%
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 | 63 | $1,010 |
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $691 |
| Amgen | 61 | $672 |
| Pfizer | 66 | $655 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $404 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $333 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $267 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $257 |
| Novartis | 9 | $142 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $109 |
| Bayer | 7 | $108 |
| Abbott | 4 | $89 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $82 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $78 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $76 |
| Vertex | 4 | $65 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| GSK | 3 | $49 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $9 |
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
$5,395 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,268 family providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 130 | $102,252 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 74 | $75,034 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 69 | $64,349 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 59 | $41,348 |
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $31,487 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 16 | $22,937 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 22 | $15,583 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 29 | $15,273 |
| SavellaMilnacipran Hcl | 12 | $11,549 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 13 | $6,413 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 41 | $4,345 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 14 | $4,276 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 93 | $2,574 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 77 | $2,468 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 287 | $2,073 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $267 | $108,665143 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $691 | $75,03474 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $257 | $64,34969 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $49 | $41,34859 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $655 | $35,76341 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $404 | $22,93716 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $29 | $15,58322 claims |
| AbbVieSavella | $1,010 | $11,54912 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 95th percentile of 1,268 family providers in Iowa.
Other family in Tama
- 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
- Tonia AckermanWest Des Moines$17K
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.