Katherine Zitello, MD
Internal Medicine · Great Falls, MTNPI 1427685270
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 26 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 AstraZeneca at 27.5% of the total.
Across 26 payments — averaging $26.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$188
- Exact Sciences$83
- Corcept Therapeutics$76
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$51
- Johnson & Johnson$49
- Amgen$36
- plus $199 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$682100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $188 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $83 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $76 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $49 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $32 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 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.
How this compares
$682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 244 internal medicine providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 28 | $38,256 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $29,360 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 38 | $26,097 |
| EliquisApixaban | 29 | $24,945 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 21 | $23,358 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $11,493 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 19 | $10,090 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $6,851 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 14 | $6,296 |
| Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl | 13 | $2,046 |
| Lidocaine | 17 | $1,824 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 67 | $1,691 |
| Gabapentin | 100 | $1,289 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 84 | $1,246 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 31 | $1,212 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $188 | $26,09738 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta | $23 | $16,94130 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $49 | $11,49313 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $32 | $6,29614 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 244 internal medicine providers in Montana.
Other internal medicine in Great Falls
- Stacy KingslandGreat Falls$5K
- Nicholas TrumGreat Falls$2K
- Bradford BergmanGreat Falls$2K
- Steven ChrzanowskiGreat Falls$2K
- Scott BurkGreat Falls$1K
- Kathleen BlairGreat Falls$1K
- Eve GerasimouGreat Falls$661
- Berilonson OsiroGreat Falls$340
- James LeganGreat Falls$312
- Hanna BroniewskaGreat Falls$193
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.