Kathe Hefner-Erickson
Adult Health · Newark, DENPI 1366626301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.8% of the total across 75 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 31.1% of the total.
Across 75 payments — averaging $29.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$700
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$584
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$528
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$105
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$56
- Sanofi$51
- plus $226 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1507%
- Food & beverage$2,08793%
- Education$121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $700 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 21 | $584 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 17 | $528 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $105 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $51 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $24 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
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
$2,249 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 65 adult health providers in Delaware.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 42 | $527 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $353 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 26 | $216 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.