Elizabeth Lucassen
Neurology · Hershey, PANPI 1235344458
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $69,840 of the $111,407 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biogen at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $91,100 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $49 in 2022. Among neurology clinicians in PA 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 158 payments — averaging $705.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$36K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$30K
- Sanofi$21K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$12K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$7K
- Novartis$5K
- plus $119 from 2 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $29,961 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$142K
- Biogen$68K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,54327%
- Speaking & faculty fees$69,84063%
- Travel & lodging$7,4577%
- Food & beverage$4,4694%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 50 | $36,330 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 36 | $29,615 |
| Sanofi | 31 | $21,006 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 14 | $12,248 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 11 | $7,468 |
| Novartis | 14 | $4,621 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
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
$111,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other neurology in Hershey
- Thyagarajan SubramanianHershey$232K
- Cary TwymanHershey$172K
- Daniel KremensPhiladelphia$1.8M
- Thomas LeistPhiladelphia$1.4M
- Jill Giordano FarmerPhiladelphia$1.2M
- Ravi DukkipatiYork$936K
- Brad KleinAbington$927K
- Stephanie Nahas-GeigerPhiladelphia$786K
- John KhouryAbington$686K
- Amit Bar-OrPhiladelphia$596K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.