George Heffner
Internal Medicine · Pottsville, PANPI 1396717815
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 154 payments — averaging $12.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$346
- AstraZeneca$307
- Johnson & Johnson$224
- Boehringer Ingelheim$189
- Amgen$188
- Lilly USA, LLC$174
- plus $566 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,89295%
- Education$1035%
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 | 39 | $346 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $307 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $224 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $189 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $188 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $174 |
| Novartis | 15 | $143 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $73 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $59 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $58 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $35 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,995 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Divalproex Sodium | 104 | $1,288 |
| Risperidone | 102 | $1,283 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 52 | $372 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 21 | $241 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 21 | $224 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 21 | $187 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 21 | $180 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 12 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Pottsville
- Jonathan EpsteinPhiladelphia$13.1M
- Siddharth ShethPittsburgh$11M
- Nathan PatelTannersville$9.5M
- Pitamber DevgonPhiladelphia$7.5M
- Christopher StillDanville$7.1M
- Liza VillaruzPittsburgh$6.6M
- Paul HartleyUniontown$4.9M
- Victor KoladeSayre$4.7M
- Michael OliverBeaver$4.7M
- Raman PurighallaPittsburgh$3.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.