Deborah Griffin
Adult Health · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1265430490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 240 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 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among adult health clinicians in CO 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 240 payments — averaging $22.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$835
- Amgen$489
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$451
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$422
- Pfizer$363
- Merck$334
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,416100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 44 | $835 |
| Amgen | 23 | $489 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 29 | $451 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 17 | $422 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $363 |
| Merck | 17 | $334 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $241 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 10 | $232 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $188 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 6 | $183 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $168 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $146 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $113 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $81 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Bayer | 4 | $77 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $26 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $25 |
| Endotronix, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$5,416 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 430 adult health providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 121 | $141,526 |
| EliquisApixaban | 97 | $97,243 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 48 | $55,646 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $20,489 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 24 | $19,069 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 162 | $2,541 |
| Bumetanide | 21 | $1,545 |
| Potassium Chloride | 45 | $1,190 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 119 | $722 |
| Losartan Potassium | 83 | $633 |
| Carvedilol | 93 | $623 |
| Spironolactone | 71 | $610 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 41 | $536 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 45 | $498 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $385 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $835 | $141,526121 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $363 | $97,24397 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $241 | $55,64648 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $35 | $20,48914 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $168 | $19,06924 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 430 adult health providers in Colorado.
Other adult health in Colorado Springs
- Jamie ThompsonColorado Springs$31K
- Zahra HarrisonColorado Springs$11K
- Nicole KleinColorado Springs$6K
- Jennifer FlickingerColorado Springs$6K
- Julie ReedColorado Springs$5K
- Tonia HowardColorado Springs$4K
- Elizabeth ArnoldColorado Springs$4K
- Stefanie EymarAurora$36K
- Toni StandleyDenver$23K
- Alexandra GravesAurora$18K
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.