Deborah Barton, NP
Adult Health · Saint George, UTNPI 1548234222
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,514 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $40 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in UT 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 92 payments — averaging $41.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$411
- Medtronic$386
- Amgen$180
- Novartis$159
- Boehringer Ingelheim$141
- plus $775 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59142%
- Food & beverage$2,18658%
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 | 12 | $1,726 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 14 | $411 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $386 |
| Amgen | 11 | $180 |
| Novartis | 9 | $159 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $141 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $140 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $114 |
| Merck | 6 | $86 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $80 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $67 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $65 |
| Biogen | 1 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $51 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$1,441
- Micra$266
- UPTRAVI$229
- OPSUMIT$229
- JARDIANCE$123
- Confirm Rx$120
- CAMZYOS$114
How this compares
$3,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 53 adult health providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $171 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $160 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult health in Saint George
- William SchwarzSaint George$18
- Kristin LarsonSalt Lake City$75K
- Tomeika Ulett-GarciaAmerican Fork$9K
- Lucinda RossSalt Lake City$4K
- Rebecca WaiteVineyard$3K
- Jodi DawsonOgden$3K
- Joanne NamSalt Lake City$3K
- Irene CheongSalt Lake City$2K
- Emilee KellySt George$2K
- Brighton LovedayProvo$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.