Irina Kochersperger
Acute Care · Evansville, INNPI 1366918104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 131 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $976 and has fallen 85.7% since, to $140 in 2025.
Across 131 payments — averaging $17.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$417
- GSK$266
- Lilly USA, LLC$185
- Merz North America, Inc.$140
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$138
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$106
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,308100%
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.
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$123
How this compares
$2,308 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 240 acute care providers in Indiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Topiramate | 77 | $481 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 37 | $152 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $37 |
| Losartan Potassium | 17 | $18 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Evansville
- Claudia MerkleyEvansville$6K
- Allyson MillsEvansville$5K
- Sara HahnEvansville$4K
- Tina SchulteEvansville$3K
- Caitlin MillerEvansville$2K
- Ashley HammerEvansville$2K
- Jolynn YoungEvansville$2K
- Kara FallsEvansville$1K
- Melissa LorenzJeffersonville$19K
- Amara Wright-TerryMunster$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.