Erin Herhold
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 293 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 31.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,732 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $93 in 2024. Among surgical clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 293 payments — averaging $16.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Dexcom, Inc.$530
- Lilly USA, LLC$478
- AstraZeneca$440
- AbbVie$265
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$214
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,713100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 73 | $1,476 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 46 | $530 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 32 | $478 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $440 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $265 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $214 |
| Bayer | 13 | $201 |
| Merck | 11 | $185 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $115 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $83 |
| Amgen | 5 | $83 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $76 |
| Abbott | 4 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $61 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $51 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 4 | $28 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $15 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,724 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 surgical providers in Pennsylvania.
Other surgical in Erie
- Kayla ZaccheoErie$3K
- Patsy SkablaWynnewood$188K
- Kyle LangstonAllentown$50K
- Aaron MacoskeyPittsburgh$40K
- Elissa CastorPittsburgh$25K
- Amanda YakobitisWynnewood$24K
- Dustin HobbsWilkes Barre$15K
- Leah KovalPittsburgh$13K
- Maureen SchullerLancaster$12K
- Margaryta TolchynskaMedia$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.