Joseph Ferrara, MD
Family Medicine · Plumsteadville, PANPI 1215925979
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 215 payments — averaging $17.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$491
- AbbVie$466
- Pfizer$399
- Amgen$373
- Novo Nordisk$289
- Lilly USA, LLC$277
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,794100%
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(2 entities) | 31 | $491 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $466 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $399 |
| Amgen | 22 | $373 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $289 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $277 |
| GSK | 12 | $200 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $170 |
| Abbott | 7 | $140 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $136 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $85 |
| Merck | 5 | $79 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $54 |
| Novartis | 3 | $50 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $34 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $30 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Linus Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,794 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 78 | $95,115 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 70 | $61,312 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 56 | $57,411 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $43,893 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $36,069 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 13 | $17,195 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 19 | $14,170 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 576 | $7,916 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 19 | $4,994 |
| Lisinopril | 467 | $4,489 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $4,001 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 251 | $3,604 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 175 | $3,110 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 13 | $3,087 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 133 | $3,054 |
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 | $399 | $95,11578 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $491 | $61,31270 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $277 | $57,41156 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $85 | $43,89329 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $54 | $36,06924 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $289 | $17,19513 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 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Plumsteadville
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
- Bryce PalchickPittsburgh$4.7M
- Harris CohenHorsham$3.7M
- Shari RozenPittsburgh$2.9M
- Richard CookUniontown$2.1M
- Bruce GebhardtErie$2.1M
- Peter CognettiScranton$1.9M
- Bradley FoxErie$1.7M
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.