Katina Smith
Adult Health · Saint Louis, MONPI 1245896893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,030 of the $9,129 with a category attached, or 77.0%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. at 25.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,090, 6.8 times the $604 reported in 2021. Among adult health clinicians in MO 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 265 payments — averaging $34.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Amgen$1K
- GSK$592
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$516
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$454
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,03122%
- Food & beverage$7,03077%
- Education$671%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 9 | $2,334 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 43 | $1,410 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 54 | $1,309 |
| GSK | 20 | $592 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $516 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 22 | $454 |
| Bayer | 17 | $380 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 12 | $334 |
| Novartis | 8 | $269 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $248 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $191 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 10 | $180 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $178 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $175 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 2 | $168 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 7 | $115 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 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
$9,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 555 adult health providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 13 | $62,249 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 13 | $806 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 23 | $760 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $290 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $212 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $139 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 17 | $116 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 12 | $105 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $52 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $26 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $115 | $62,24913 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 95th percentile of 555 adult health providers in Missouri.
Other adult health in Saint Louis
- Stephanie VogelSaint Louis$115K
- Shannon TuckerSaint Louis$93K
- Laurencia KlipfelSaint Louis$79K
- Maria WallsSaint Louis$69K
- Jennifer SpeiserSaint Louis$27K
- Michele NobsSaint Louis$15K
- Lisa Koester WiedemannSaint Louis$14K
- Erin DoserSaint Louis$13K
- Marcee StegemeierSaint Louis$12K
- Heather PophamSaint Louis$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.