George Juetersonke
Sleep Medicine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1518022938
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,222 of the $7,008 with a category attached, or 88.8%. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,445 and has fallen 51.1% since, to $706 in 2025. Among sleep medicine clinicians in CO 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 197 payments — averaging $35.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$915
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$617
- AbbVie$496
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$300
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3505%
- Food & beverage$6,22289%
- Education$4366%
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 | 32 | $1,527 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 36 | $1,210 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 37 | $915 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 15 | $617 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $496 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $300 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $234 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $217 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $164 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 6 | $157 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $128 |
| Novartis | 3 | $121 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $119 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $111 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $97 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$7,008 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 sleep medicine providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $9,807 |
| Liothyronine Sodium | 35 | $2,184 |
| Nystatin | 14 | $1,588 |
| Hydrocortisone | 19 | $1,431 |
| Np ThyroidThyroid,pork | 15 | $1,226 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 12 | $679 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 16 | $666 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 11 | $621 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 11 | $611 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 43 | $360 |
| Losartan Potassium | 31 | $357 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 12 | $317 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 20 | $304 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 41 | $300 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $270 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLCNp Thyroid | $19 | $1,22615 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 90th percentile of 35 sleep medicine providers in Colorado.
Other sleep medicine in Colorado Springs
- Justin BrockbankColorado Springs$445
- Viral KothariColorado Springs$87
- Henry SanchezColorado Springs$33
- Stephen DuntleyAurora$17K
- Anthony BarberBoulder$8K
- Sheila TsaiDenver$7K
- Keith SwartzDenver$5K
- Katherine GreenAurora$4K
- Robert BallardLittleton$3K
- James MetkusLakewood$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.