Joseph Kernich
Family Medicine · Punxsutawney, PANPI 1174518237
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 99 payments — averaging $18.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$430
- Novo Nordisk$284
- Boehringer Ingelheim$221
- Pfizer$165
- AstraZeneca$154
- Novartis$148
- plus $407 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,78899%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $430 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $284 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $221 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $165 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $154 |
| Novartis | 6 | $148 |
| Amgen | 6 | $99 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $53 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $49 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $47 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $36 |
| GSK | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $9 |
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.
- XARELTO$123
How this compares
$1,807 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 103 | $70,576 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $61,628 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 23 | $28,456 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 34 | $23,844 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 40 | $18,369 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $16,037 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 18 | $15,985 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 17 | $13,458 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $11,349 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 12 | $10,706 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $8,540 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 11 | $8,179 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 249 | $6,389 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 14 | $6,048 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $5,885 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi, Tradjenta | $221 | $101,457106 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $165 | $70,576103 claims |
| MerckJanumet | $30 | $28,45623 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $32 | $27,31651 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $154 | $16,03719 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $430 | $11,34915 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $284 | $10,70612 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $36 | $9,54773 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $148 | $8,17911 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 75th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Punxsutawney
- 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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.