Kara Pfeiffer
Family · Sacramento, CANPI 1679110357
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 187 payments — averaging $20.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$402
- Novo Nordisk$397
- AbbVie$395
- Lilly USA, LLC$390
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$226
- Pfizer$204
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,880100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 16 | $402 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $397 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $395 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $390 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $226 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $204 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $192 |
| GSK | 7 | $153 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $152 |
| Merck | 8 | $151 |
| Amgen | 8 | $135 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $129 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $67 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $31 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ZENPEP$122
- NURTEC ODT$122
How this compares
$3,880 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $11,081 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $418 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $303 |
| Losartan Potassium | 40 | $253 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 17 | $236 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $214 |
| Metformin Hcl | 16 | $166 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 35 | $159 |
| Famotidine | 15 | $87 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 19 | $71 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $70 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $51 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $49 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $41 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $38 |
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 | $194 | $11,08113 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 90th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Other family in Sacramento
- Kim SchaferSacramento$288K
- Lori RobertsonChino Hills$475K
- Annette ShonLos Angeles$406K
- Nancy GardettoSan Diego$394K
- Lisa HigginsHanford$311K
- Jennifer TougasBakersfield$302K
- Dawn MeyerSan Diego$270K
- Jennifer KangCerritos$255K
- Jenine StoneEscondido$231K
- Erin DwyerSan Diego$189K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.