David Freestone
Family Medicine · Ithaca, MINPI 1801861851
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $15.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$152
- Novo Nordisk$152
- Pfizer$131
- Amgen$111
- GSK$74
- AbbVie$70
- plus $730 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,420100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 13 | $152 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $152 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $131 |
| Amgen | 6 | $111 |
| GSK | 5 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $70 |
| Bayer | 4 | $70 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $64 |
| Organon | 3 | $55 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $48 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $45 |
| Novartis | 3 | $42 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $31 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $30 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $26 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,420 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,945 family medicine providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 169 | $203,050 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 101 | $175,193 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 71 | $85,239 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 58 | $76,290 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 34 | $50,033 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 33 | $46,999 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $36,943 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $30,252 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $27,006 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 12 | $20,059 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 55 | $18,025 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 13 | $16,735 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 875 | $16,082 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 17 | $14,236 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 17 | $12,168 |
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, Premarin | $131 | $209,334181 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $152 | $175,193101 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $32 | $97,03167 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Dulera | $152 | $89,29484 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $74 | $76,29058 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $45 | $53,67840 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana | $64 | $47,06531 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $31 | $39,21642 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $70 | $14,23617 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 75th percentile of 3,945 family medicine providers in Michigan.
Other family medicine in Ithaca
- Derrick WilliamsonSouthfield$9.9M
- Rebecca RivardRoseville$7M
- Paul BensonBerkley$4.2M
- Michael HafranEast Lansing$2.7M
- Mitzie HewittBuckley$1.3M
- Loren ChudlerSouthfield$1.3M
- Solomon AmsterWhite Lake$981K
- Matt RosenbergJackson$559K
- Rhonda MejeurGrand Rapids$493K
- Steve LasaterSaint Johns$291K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.