Elizabeth Carlson
Family · Brookings, SDNPI 1619426111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $109 of the $123 with a category attached, or 88.7%. It is spread thinly across 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $41 and has fallen 57.9% since, to $17 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for family clinicians in SD, where the typical reported total is $194.
Across 8 payments — averaging $15.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$18
- Pfizer$17
- AbbVie$16
- Medtronic$16
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$15
- Amgen$14
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10989%
- Education$1411%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 588 family providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 32 | $514 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $463 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 53 | $339 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 18 | $309 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 50 | $307 |
| Losartan Potassium | 27 | $194 |
| Lisinopril | 27 | $192 |
| Omeprazole | 23 | $192 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $134 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $54 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 14 | $50 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $41 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Brookings
- Brittany WangsnessSioux Falls$79K
- Stephanie PreisterSioux Falls$12K
- Claudia HouglandRapid City$9K
- Maria AzpeitiaDakota Dunes$8K
- Michelle VanhoveSioux Falls$7K
- Sandra EricksonHerreid$7K
- Melissa OwensRapid City$6K
- Heidi FurthSioux Falls$6K
- Tabitha AmmannSioux Falls$6K
- Michelle BrandenburgHuron$6K
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.