Katerina Jones
Adult Health · Gastonia, NCNPI 1346513223
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $12,771 of the $16,098 with a category attached, or 79.3%. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 66.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,712, more than ten times the $56 reported in 2021. Among adult health clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 42 payments — averaging $383.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- Novartis$5K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$160
- AstraZeneca$124
- GSK$121
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$85
- plus $171 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,77179%
- Travel & lodging$1,96012%
- Food & beverage$1,3688%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $10,621 |
| Novartis | 12 | $4,817 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $124 |
| GSK | 1 | $121 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $85 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $71 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$16,098 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 614 adult health providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 21 | $60,085 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 19 | $48,703 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 158 | $25,113 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 26 | $23,880 |
| Lanthanum Carbonate | 16 | $19,314 |
| Calcium Acetate | 21 | $2,597 |
| Torsemide | 40 | $933 |
| Calcitriol | 91 | $848 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 28 | $748 |
| Omeprazole | 23 | $458 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $416 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 16 | $390 |
| Famotidine | 27 | $350 |
| Potassium Chloride | 15 | $281 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $248 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $85 | $60,08521 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $42 | $48,70319 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 614 adult health providers in North Carolina.
Other adult health in Gastonia
- Robert DodgeRaleigh$311K
- Kimberly CampDurham$147K
- Henry VanpalaRaleigh$110K
- Jolene SpencerWashington$83K
- Felicia RichardsonGreenville$64K
- Anna BooneReidsville$51K
- Chaely MedleyChapel Hill$47K
- Ann ShumDurham$35K
- Amy HopkinsGreenville$31K
- Stephanie YatesDurham$19K
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.