Kirsten Heron, PA
Physician Assistant · Bend, ORNPI 1083685408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 311 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 41 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in OR 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 311 payments — averaging $17.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$728
- Amgen$540
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$395
- Novo Nordisk$292
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$219
- plus $2K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,34299%
- Education$321%
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.
How this compares
$5,374 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,756 physician assistant providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 51 | $889 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 23 | $729 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 18 | $726 |
| Estradiol | 14 | $699 |
| Omeprazole | 34 | $659 |
| Lisinopril | 39 | $645 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 43 | $420 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 14 | $406 |
| Losartan Potassium | 24 | $395 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 26 | $357 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $319 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $317 |
| Metformin Hcl | 23 | $302 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $301 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 26 | $289 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Bend
- Hanna TynerBend$12K
- Katie LahusenBend$9K
- Sarah AtkinBend$7K
- Tara HardingeBend$6K
- Rainie RogersBend$6K
- Mitchell DavisBend$4K
- Devon ParksEugene$62K
- Ryan CainCorvallis$55K
- Sean BrownPortland$43K
- Meegan MangumPortland$25K
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.