Ellen McKnight
Rheumatology · Pensacola, FLNPI 1659464840
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 362 payments — averaging $23.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$3K
- AbbVie$1K
- UCB, Inc.$856
- Johnson & Johnson$625
- Novartis$570
- Pfizer$492
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,51999%
- Education$1201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 98 | $2,652 |
| AbbVie | 42 | $1,455 |
| UCB, Inc. | 57 | $856 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 20 | $625 |
| Novartis | 32 | $570 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $492 |
| GSK | 11 | $313 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $285 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $273 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $261 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 8 | $145 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 6 | $132 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $132 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $111 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $51 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $20 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$8,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 31 | $240,780 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $155,510 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 19 | $117,204 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 13 | $98,144 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 13 | $86,067 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 12 | $68,978 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 13 | $60,629 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 234 | $12,601 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 251 | $7,887 |
| Celecoxib | 121 | $4,984 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 86 | $4,675 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 180 | $3,592 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 92 | $3,370 |
| Pregabalin | 73 | $3,291 |
| Gabapentin | 120 | $1,889 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $2,652 | $117,20419 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,455 | $86,06713 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $856 | $68,97812 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Other rheumatology in Pensacola
- Brian KirbyPensacola$475K
- Martha Hernandez IllasFort Lauderdale$25M
- Carlos SesinMiami Beach$19M
- Guillermo ValenzuelaPlantation$14.2M
- Marimer Rensoli VelazquezMiami$12.2M
- Robert LevinClearwater$11M
- Jigar ShahMargate$5.6M
- Michael BubbGainesville$3.3M
- Vipul JoshiBrandon$3.1M
- Alvin WellsDestin$2.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.