Jodi Kottwitz
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $16.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$394
- Novo Nordisk$334
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$144
- Lilly USA, LLC$106
- GSK$82
- Merck$73
- plus $501 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,634100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $394 |
| Novo Nordisk | 23 | $334 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $144 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $106 |
| GSK | 5 | $82 |
| Merck | 4 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $73 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $43 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,634 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,883 family providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $5,408 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $896 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 18 | $698 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $460 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $354 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 30 | $280 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 | $258 |
| Omeprazole | 23 | $234 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 38 | $230 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 16 | $188 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 15 | $160 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $115 |
| Lisinopril-HydrochlorothiazideLisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 20 | $104 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $92 |
| Losartan Potassium | 14 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Olean
- Christina NalboneNew York$197K
- Casey GrilloNew York$191K
- Suzanne WilsonIthaca$179K
- Jonathan LesuerSyracuse$172K
- Sheri HillNorth Syracuse$165K
- Cathrine CurtinBronxville$155K
- Mary Sullivan-WhalenNew York$137K
- Sarah AljahmiRockville Centre$87K
- John de OcaStaten Island$86K
- Fara StrickerGlen Oaks$85K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.