Kara Izzo, PA
Surgical · Norwich, CTNPI 1093407066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 142 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 38 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,854, more than ten times the $166 reported in 2023. Among surgical clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 142 payments — averaging $21.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$348
- UCB, Inc.$321
- AbbVie$207
- Eisai Inc.$191
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$191
- TG Therapeutics, Inc.$149
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,104100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 16 | $348 |
| UCB, Inc. | 11 | $321 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $207 |
| Eisai Inc. | 9 | $191 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 8 | $191 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $149 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 7 | $130 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $125 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| Biogen | 5 | $118 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $107 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $77 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Life Molecular Imaging Ltd | 2 | $38 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $24 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Kedrion Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $16 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$3,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 568 surgical providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 45 | $922 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 74 | $728 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $495 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $210 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $173 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $50 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Norwich
- Arya BiswasNorwich$10K
- Suanne KolesnikNorwich$9K
- Lauren ChristensenNorwich$2K
- Erin Myers AlbaridiNorwalk$70K
- Christopher MascioStamford$44K
- Scott CallahanMonroe$31K
- Monika Hoang-SkawinskaMiddletown$17K
- Danielle MundayNorwalk$13K
- Megan StrongBridgeport$11K
- Ryan ArtigliereNew Haven$10K
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.