Katherine Vlasica, DO
Emergency Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1568674273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at 44.9% of the total. Among emergency medicine clinicians in NY 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 22 payments — averaging $220.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$2K
- Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.$2K
- Rivanna Medical, Inc$848
- Inari Medical, Inc.$122
- CSL Behring$84
- Vertex$28
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,32548%
- Travel & lodging$1,56732%
- Food & beverage$96020%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 14 | $2,179 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $1,575 |
| Rivanna Medical, Inc | 3 | $848 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $84 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- Iovera$1,748
- SonoSite M-Turbo$1,575
- Accuro$750
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$122
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$122
- EXPAREL$122
How this compares
$4,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,167 emergency medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 12 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medicine in New York
- Joseph HabbousheNew York$309K
- Sohan ParekhNew York$174K
- Benjamin AbellaNew York$143K
- Leroy NicklesNew York$64K
- Bret NelsonNew York$58K
- Yves DuroseauNew York$44K
- Patrick MaherNew York$20K
- Andy JagodaNew York$18K
- Jonathan St GeorgeNew York$13K
- Steven KaplanNew York$13K
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.