George Kaftan, DO
Family Medicine · Sandusky, OHNPI 1710913991
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 176 payments — averaging $18.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$916
- AstraZeneca$461
- Novo Nordisk$246
- Pfizer$208
- Lilly USA, LLC$140
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$112
- plus $1K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,202100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 42 | $916 |
| AstraZeneca | 25 | $461 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $246 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $208 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $140 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 5 | $112 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $104 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Amgen | 3 | $55 |
| Bayer | 3 | $54 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $52 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $48 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $44 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 3 | $38 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $30 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $30 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $28 |
| GSK | 2 | $27 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $15 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$3,202 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 65 | $89,651 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 65 | $89,296 |
| EliquisApixaban | 66 | $71,162 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 59 | $60,490 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 48 | $43,683 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 37 | $37,629 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 23 | $22,922 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 36 | $21,797 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $18,985 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 11 | $14,878 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $12,386 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $12,246 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $11,239 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 23 | $10,050 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 32 | $7,303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $140 | $178,947130 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $246 | $72,73770 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $208 | $71,16266 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $461 | $66,729105 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr, Januvia | $38 | $66,60671 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $30 | $18,98514 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $27 | $17,89324 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $42 | $14,87811 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $15 | $12,38614 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 80th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Other family medicine in Sandusky
- Michael ButcherCincinnati$18.3M
- William RandallKettering$7.5M
- Paul NugentCincinnati$4.9M
- Steve ChoiDayton$4.8M
- Martin SchearDayton$2.2M
- Rajesh DavitCincinnati$2M
- Kwabena OtengSpringdale$2M
- Blaise GattoMoraine$1.8M
- Cathy GreiweColumbus$1.4M
- Brian BeesleyColumbus$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.