Kristen Dirks
Family · Rapid City, SDNPI 1093234502
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,986 of the $5,227 with a category attached, or 76.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 44.0% of the total. Among family clinicians in SD 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 133 payments — averaging $39.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Biogen$382
- Novartis$306
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$177
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$152
- plus $570 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,14922%
- Food & beverage$3,98676%
- Education$922%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 18 | $2,298 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 51 | $1,342 |
| Biogen | 7 | $382 |
| Novartis | 15 | $306 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $177 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $152 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $79 |
| Amgen | 5 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $74 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $40 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Zogenix Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $13 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XEOMIN$1,580
- BOTOX$145
- NUEDEXTA$125
- NURTEC ODT$125
How this compares
$5,227 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 588 family providers in South Dakota.
Other family in Rapid City
- Claudia HouglandRapid City$9K
- Melissa OwensRapid City$6K
- Janessa HuntRapid City$5K
- Rebecca ChristensenRapid City$5K
- Jamie SlettedahlRapid City$4K
- Kristy SchumacherRapid City$4K
- Vanessa PribilRapid City$3K
- Rachel WaddellRapid City$3K
- Kelsey JohnsonRapid City$3K
- Melissa TraubRapid City$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.