Kerry Kopecky
Family · Tucson, AZNPI 1174931588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,714 of the $9,624 with a category attached, or 80.2%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,925 and has fallen 53.4% since, to $1,362 in 2025. Among family clinicians in AZ 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 295 payments — averaging $32.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$937
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$865
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$800
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,90920%
- Food & beverage$7,71480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $1,844 |
| Abbott | 48 | $1,651 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 70 | $1,143 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 10 | $937 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 45 | $865 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 18 | $800 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 15 | $596 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $514 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $145 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $141 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $118 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $91 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 4 | $89 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $69 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$787
- PROCLAIM$728
- Intracept$637
- mild Device Kit$396
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$299
- Evoke$274
- ETERNA$256
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$251
- Evoke SCS$187
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$150
- UBRELVY$123
- Omnia$119
- Qutenza$115
- Senza$108
How this compares
$9,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 168 | $81,262 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 833 | $23,968 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 741 | $22,941 |
| Buprenorphine | 84 | $18,248 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 29 | $15,972 |
| HorizantGabapentin Enacarbil | 11 | $11,160 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 24 | $10,547 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 12 | $10,193 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 563 | $9,355 |
| Gabapentin | 416 | $8,862 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 327 | $8,353 |
| Pregabalin | 341 | $5,972 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $5,449 |
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 12 | $4,056 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 157 | $4,051 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Belbuca, Nucynta, Nucynta Er | $1,143 | $111,483221 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Horizant | $60 | $11,16011 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 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
Other family in Tucson
- Lindsay CarterTucson$108K
- Vicki McIntyreTucson$68K
- Amber KemnitzTucson$33K
- Joy BaynesTucson$30K
- Cynthia CarstenTucson$27K
- Sharon MorganTucson$22K
- Margaret SpencerTucson$19K
- Polina SamoylovaTucson$18K
- Stephanie Niemi-OlsonTucson$15K
- Cindy ChangTucson$14K
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.