Dena Petersen
Family Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1134154768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,501 of the $5,754 with a category attached, or 78.2%. Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $3,875, more than ten times the $19 reported in 2020. Among family medicine clinicians in AZ 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 23 payments — averaging $250.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$4K
- Zealand Pharma A/s$2K
- Novo Nordisk$83
- Motive Health, Inc.$19
Across 5,611 payments — averaging $2648.99 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$8.3M
- Pfizer$3.9M
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$997K
- Organon$602K
- Motive Health, Inc.$189K
- AstraZeneca$145K
- plus $718K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,50178%
- Food & beverage$1,25322%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 19 | $3,675 |
| Zealand Pharma A/s | 2 | $1,975 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $83 |
| Motive Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$5,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,099 family medicine providers in Arizona.
Other family medicine in Tucson
- Katherine WilsonTucson$29K
- Kimy CharaniTucson$21K
- Mark GrantTucson$21K
- Christian MoherTucson$13K
- Dean WrightTucson$12K
- Douglas CunninghamPhoenix$1.8M
- Mitchell EdelsteinPhoenix$741K
- Lorena Jauregui-CovarrubiasYuma$491K
- Sam FereidouniScottsdale$486K
- Jessica BlancoChandler$447K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.