Katherine Freeman
Physician Assistant · Gilbert, AZNPI 1689221541
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 243 payments — averaging $24.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$735
- Amgen$638
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$438
- Merck$405
- Baxter Healthcare$402
- Johnson & Johnson$353
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,44893%
- Other$4027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 36 | $735 |
| Amgen | 38 | $638 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 15 | $438 |
| Merck | 15 | $405 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $402 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $353 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $338 |
| Abbott | 3 | $320 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $315 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $264 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 13 | $237 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $158 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $147 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $136 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $122 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $113 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $102 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $35 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Repatha$228
- ENSITE$154
- CARDIOMEMS$142
- ECM Patch,Pouch$138
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$134
- UPTRAVI$105
- OPSUMIT$105
How this compares
$5,850 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,888 physician assistant providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 137 | $195,818 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 62 | $80,977 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 52 | $61,789 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 58 | $56,961 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 46 | $53,245 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 12 | $24,883 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 273 | $4,497 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 28 | $3,051 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 51 | $2,804 |
| Ezetimibe | 86 | $2,692 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 174 | $2,287 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 24 | $1,992 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 228 | $1,983 |
| Losartan Potassium | 194 | $1,732 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 251 | $1,601 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $113 | $195,818137 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $735 | $80,97762 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $353 | $61,78952 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $338 | $53,24546 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $136 | $24,88312 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 2,888 physician assistant providers in Arizona.
Other physician assistant in Gilbert
- Jenna HiltonGilbert$637K
- Brian BrinegarGilbert$33K
- Amanda EdmondGilbert$32K
- Jesse LyonGilbert$28K
- Sylvia PhommalinhGilbert$27K
- Kimberly JaredGilbert$22K
- Daniel PetersGilbert$18K
- Samuel FoxGilbert$15K
- Sabrina JamielGilbert$13K
- Jacob WhitneyGilbert$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.