Ellen Carlson
Gerontology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1649782269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 82 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $879, more than ten times the $56 reported in 2021.
Across 82 payments — averaging $23.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$362
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$330
- Amgen$179
- Pfizer$146
- Si-bone, Inc.$130
- AstraZeneca$117
- plus $627 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,892100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 25 | $362 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 10 | $330 |
| Amgen | 4 | $179 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $146 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $87 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $72 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $46 |
| Bayer | 2 | $44 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $37 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- Assure WCD$198
- Repatha$123
How this compares
$1,892 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 175 gerontology providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 45 | $351 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Saint Louis
- Marissa SaengsamranSaint Louis$6K
- Amy GuanSaint Louis$5K
- Kayla WeissSaint Louis$5K
- Michelle CusumanoSaint Louis$4K
- Pibi BoudaSaint Louis$4K
- Allyson ReevesSaint Louis$4K
- Beth YoungerSaint Louis$3K
- Christine KuehnelSaint Louis$3K
- Eileen SteinigerSaint Louis$2K
- Jessica SheehanSaint Louis$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.