Elizabeth Kermis
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Osage Beach, MONPI 1962814434
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.4% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 40.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $508 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $177 in 2024.
Across 36 payments — averaging $28.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$410
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$125
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$93
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$52
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$37
- Pfizer$33
- plus $274 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$98796%
- Education$374%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 8 | $410 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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
$1,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 750 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Missouri.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Osage Beach
- Thomas ShultzSpringfield$1.1M
- Becky LynnSaint Louis$231K
- Timothy HallIndependence$172K
- Craig McCoyMoberly$101K
- Richard GutknechtIndependence$65K
- Amanda CarrollFestus$55K
- Amy CarterKansas City$49K
- Megan SneedLees Summit$44K
- Kimberly LemoineSaint Louis$30K
- Carrie CardaPoplar Bluff$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.