Kaia Christiansen
Adult Health · Philadelphia, PANPI 1265682629
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 173 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 30.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $985, 2.9 times the $340 reported in 2021.
Across 173 payments — averaging $18.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$994
- Novo Nordisk$585
- Bausch Health US, LLC$394
- Johnson & Johnson$234
- Exact Sciences$156
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$133
- plus $775 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,271100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 68 | $994 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $585 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 19 | $394 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $234 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $156 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $133 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Merck | 7 | $109 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $106 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| GSK | 2 | $42 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $23 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$3,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 899 adult health providers in Pennsylvania.
Other adult health in Philadelphia
- Beth SandyPhiladelphia$924K
- Diane NewmanPhiladelphia$343K
- Abigail SmithPhiladelphia$302K
- Catherine HoldsworthPhiladelphia$64K
- Kevin CarneyPhiladelphia$53K
- Christine ChmielewskiPhiladelphia$52K
- Barbara RogersPhiladelphia$51K
- Joyce RossPhiladelphia$39K
- Veronica RichardsonPhiladelphia$33K
- Tetyana FurmanetsPhiladelphia$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.