Elizabeth Lippner
Allergy & Immunology · Chicago, ILNPI 1295179497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Novartis accounts for 67.4% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,098 and has fallen 70.5% since, to $324 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for allergy & immunology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $2,761.
Across 18 payments — averaging $87.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Blueprint Medicines Corporation$114
- Amgen$89
- CSL Behring$63
- Alk-abello, Inc$55
- Grifols USA, LLC$55
- plus $138 from 3 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $12,606 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.
- Novartis$240K
- Regeneron$87K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$76649%
- Food & beverage$81251%
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 | 6 | $1,063 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $114 |
| Amgen | 2 | $89 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $63 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $55 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $35 |
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.
- AYVAKIT$114
How this compares
$1,578 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 161 allergy & immunology providers in Illinois.
Other allergy & immunology in Chicago
- Anju PetersChicago$563K
- Giselle MosnaimChicago$331K
- Amanda SalihChicago$160K
- Juanita MoraChicago$147K
- Christina CiaccioChicago$73K
- Michael FoggsChicago$71K
- Melanie MakhijaChicago$56K
- Whitney StevensChicago$34K
- Andrea Pappalardo WlochowiczChicago$33K
- Krishan ChhibaChicago$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.