Gerald Falkenstein, DO
Family Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1790748978
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 228 payments — averaging $16.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$893
- Novo Nordisk$669
- Lilly USA, LLC$400
- AstraZeneca$297
- Boehringer Ingelheim$180
- Amgen$178
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,66899%
- Education$231%
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(2 entities) | 57 | $893 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $669 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 28 | $400 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $297 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $180 |
| Amgen | 12 | $178 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $175 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $159 |
| GSK | 12 | $159 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $103 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Bayer | 4 | $70 |
| Merck | 4 | $56 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $44 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Eisai 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.
- RYBELSUS$106
How this compares
$3,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 14 | $2,315 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 20 | $1,202 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 83 | $726 |
| Losartan Potassium | 46 | $432 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 11 | $330 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 47 | $318 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 17 | $289 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 13 | $289 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 40 | $271 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 11 | $247 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 25 | $238 |
| Lisinopril | 32 | $206 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 20 | $171 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 19 | $137 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Pittsburgh
- Bryce PalchickPittsburgh$4.7M
- Shari RozenPittsburgh$2.9M
- Nathan BennettPittsburgh$1.6M
- James MorettiPittsburgh$1.5M
- Michael GatesPittsburgh$608K
- Daniel AustinPittsburgh$598K
- Norman KolbPittsburgh$81K
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
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.