Elizabeth Kuszajewski
Physician Assistant · Aurora, CONPI 1851054738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 129 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 28.6% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in CO 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 129 payments — averaging $27.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$763
- Lilly USA, LLC$420
- Pfizer$244
- Amgen$217
- Novo Nordisk$134
- plus $777 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,581100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $1,025 |
| AbbVie | 34 | $763 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $420 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $244 |
| Amgen | 8 | $217 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $134 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $119 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 4 | $102 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $86 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| GSK | 3 | $57 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $45 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Gilead | 1 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $27 |
| Organon | 1 | $27 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$3,581 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $19,339 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 58 | $695 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 44 | $272 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 23 | $205 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $154 |
| Lisinopril | 33 | $144 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 18 | $132 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $112 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 11 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Aurora
- Scott PearsonAurora$32K
- Rachel EdwardsAurora$23K
- Jane PahudAurora$12K
- Joseph ShanklandAurora$11K
- Alexandria GassmannAurora$10K
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.