Jamie Varley
Acute Care · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1255688230
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 343 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 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,004 and has fallen 71.2% since, to $865 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 343 payments — averaging $19.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Novo Nordisk$851
- Medtronic$528
- Abbott$507
- Bayer$421
- Amgen$355
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,726100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 68 | $1,263 |
| Novo Nordisk | 52 | $851 |
| Medtronic | 18 | $528 |
| Abbott | 29 | $507 |
| Bayer | 23 | $421 |
| Amgen | 20 | $355 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $354 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $330 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $299 |
| Novartis | 15 | $291 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 16 | $249 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 13 | $242 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $140 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 7 | $136 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 4 | $73 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 7 | $72 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $71 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $56 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Insulet Corporation | 2 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $38 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $32 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $16 |
| Theracosbio, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CeQur Simplicity$259
How this compares
$6,726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 872 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 245 | $404,048 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 291 | $306,900 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 193 | $246,270 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 103 | $136,135 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 79 | $86,856 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 43 | $53,837 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 32 | $41,154 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 23 | $29,367 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 33 | $25,560 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 209 | $23,597 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 19 | $21,921 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 31 | $20,618 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 45 | $14,941 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 27 | $14,400 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 11 | $14,178 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy, Novolog | $851 | $474,941310 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $1,263 | $386,139316 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $299 | $306,900291 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $242 | $86,85679 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $140 | $11,74014 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid, Armour Thyroid | $330 | $6,29496 claims |
| Cequr CorporationCequr Simplicity | $354 | $5,44013 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $71 | $3,849405 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 95th percentile of 872 acute care providers in Pennsylvania.
Other acute care in Pittsburgh
- Donna KinzlerPittsburgh$25K
- Kristi MontrellaAltoona$111K
- Kathryn GreenPhiladelphia$92K
- Caroline PratzPhiladelphia$77K
- Lisa JohnsonPottstown$25K
- Kathryn McParlaneMoon Township$21K
- Rebecca MarcantuonoPhiladelphia$17K
- Stephanie TothPhiladelphia$17K
- Kevin HaganAbington$17K
- Rachel ChristyButler$14K
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.