Kara Bresson
Physician Assistant · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1467064097
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 179 payments — averaging $36.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$675
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$371
- Boston Scientific$311
- Pfizer$233
- AbbVie$216
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,40322%
- Food & beverage$4,82875%
- Education$2454%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 41 | $2,759 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 22 | $675 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $371 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $311 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $233 |
| AbbVie | 13 | $216 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $178 |
| Bayer | 4 | $169 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $168 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Novartis | 4 | $123 |
| Merck | 4 | $107 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 6 | $101 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $91 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 2 | $42 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $29 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $22 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $20 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $4 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$1,996
- RYBREVANT$232
- CARVYKTI$232
- AquaBeam Robotic System$168
- UroLift$143
- rezum Generator$122
How this compares
$6,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 97 | $97,173 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 91 | $93,693 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 101 | $6,724 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 14 | $3,126 |
| Estradiol | 39 | $2,502 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 151 | $2,418 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 20 | $1,755 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 33 | $1,502 |
| Fesoterodine Fumarate ErFesoterodine Fumarate | 13 | $1,452 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 46 | $1,218 |
| Cefdinir | 66 | $1,111 |
| Finasteride | 54 | $970 |
| Trimethoprim | 18 | $825 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 50 | $375 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $282 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $371 | $97,17397 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $178 | $93,69391 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 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Other physician assistant in Colorado Springs
- Miyoko GreenColorado Springs$16K
- Toni BoykoColorado Springs$12K
- Dominique SwainColorado Springs$10K
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
- Marissa Moritz-GuzikLouisville$94K
- Clayton LabaumeDurango$87K
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.