Helen Kennedy, NP
Family · Decatur, ILNPI 1538248786
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 133 payments — averaging $17.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$396
- Amgen$373
- AstraZeneca$347
- Abbott$199
- Lilly USA, LLC$197
- Novo Nordisk$168
- plus $645 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,325100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 22 | $396 |
| Amgen | 19 | $373 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $347 |
| Abbott | 10 | $199 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $197 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $168 |
| Merck | 8 | $136 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $93 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $73 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,325 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,941 family providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $28,073 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 19 | $26,085 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 19 | $23,735 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $23,405 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $17,577 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $7,256 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 365 | $2,532 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 304 | $2,460 |
| Gabapentin | 114 | $2,156 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 19 | $1,750 |
| Ezetimibe | 61 | $1,581 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 43 | $1,389 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 45 | $1,279 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 20 | $1,122 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 77 | $1,064 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $396 | $28,07324 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $136 | $26,08519 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $168 | $23,73519 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $14 | $23,40523 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $347 | $17,57716 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $73 | $7,25611 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 85th percentile of 4,941 family providers in Illinois.
Other family in Decatur
- Christel WheelerDecatur$22K
- Ruth CarricoChicago$582K
- Aleksandra BielawiecBarrington$373K
- Erin SieberNaperville$334K
- Jamie BroganChicago$282K
- Ashley NoethGlen Carbon$271K
- Marita KametasChicago$259K
- Shammona ClarkChicago$247K
- Amanda McKeeMount Vernon$242K
- Brooke KennardBloomington$208K
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.