Katherine Frachetti, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Buffalo, NYNPI 1508028531
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 722 payments — averaging $95.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$25K
- Lilly USA, LLC$19K
- AbbVie$17K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$1K
- Insulet Corporation$839
- plus $4K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$59,55686%
- Travel & lodging$740%
- Food & beverage$9,12213%
- Education$700%
- Gifts$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 81 | $24,796 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 103 | $19,477 |
| AbbVie | 77 | $17,187 |
| Novo Nordisk | 180 | $1,322 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 14 | $1,264 |
| Insulet Corporation | 33 | $839 |
| Merck | 36 | $334 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 23 | $330 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 21 | $313 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 10 | $275 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $251 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 5 | $235 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $217 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 17 | $215 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 8 | $176 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $172 |
| Bayer | 9 | $172 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 10 | $153 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 6 | $136 |
| Abbott | 7 | $133 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 7 | $126 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $121 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $57 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Senseonics, Incorporated | 1 | $49 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $30 |
| BD | 1 | $29 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cequr Corporation | 2 | $21 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$33,804
- Synthroid$12,680
- ZEPBOUND$8,808
- t:slim X2 insulin pump$1,050
- Omnipod$400
- TWIIST$137
- MINIMED 780G$111
How this compares
$68,882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 804 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in New York.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 368 | $497,133 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 454 | $483,202 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 386 | $482,038 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 115 | $167,359 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 67 | $87,093 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 54 | $73,803 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 41 | $65,001 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 77 | $61,468 |
| InvokanaCanagliflozin | 54 | $61,243 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 40 | $58,913 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 32 | $46,010 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 333 | $30,286 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 12 | $24,501 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 14 | $23,772 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 47 | $23,626 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog, Insulin Lispro | $19,477 | $661,083561 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Xultophy 100-3.6 | $1,322 | $584,484433 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $24,796 | $506,520468 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvokana | $172 | $61,24354 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $217 | $46,01032 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $17,187 | $30,286333 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $313 | $23,77214 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $136 | $8,122479 claims |
| Cequr CorporationCequr Simplicity | $21 | $4,77911 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 85th percentile of 804 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in New York.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Buffalo
- Ajay ChaudhuriBuffalo$2.4M
- Paresh DandonaBuffalo$689K
- Erlin MarteBuffalo$570K
- Robert BuschAlbany$9.1M
- Anastasios ManessisNew York$4.4M
- Ruth WeinstockSyracuse$3.1M
- Adi CohenNew York$2.5M
- Carol LevyNew York$2.2M
- Mishaela RubinNew York$2M
- Kenneth HershonNew Hyde Park$1.9M
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.