Kristen Kalka
Medical · Norton, OHNPI 1215565346
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 302 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,574 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $760 in 2025.
Across 302 payments — averaging $16.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$664
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$493
- Johnson & Johnson$346
- Ardelyx, Inc.$295
- Gilead$247
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,01298%
- Education$1012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 108 | $1,505 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 36 | $664 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $493 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $346 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 22 | $295 |
| Gilead | 13 | $247 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $228 |
| Merck | 12 | $201 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 8 | $180 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $164 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $114 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $107 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $82 |
| Organon | 3 | $62 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $49 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $41 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- Entyvio$122
How this compares
$5,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 547 medical providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 81 | $269,839 |
| IbsrelaTenapanor Hcl | 82 | $166,839 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 18 | $124,671 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 85 | $90,043 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 32 | $55,593 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 22 | $25,010 |
| Mesalamine | 27 | $18,616 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 24 | $11,219 |
| Sucralfate | 117 | $8,524 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 16 | $8,310 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 32 | $7,894 |
| Lubiprostone | 50 | $6,907 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 495 | $5,943 |
| Ursodiol | 18 | $5,671 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 70 | $5,146 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance | $664 | $294,849103 claims |
| Ardelyx, Inc.Ibsrela | $295 | $166,83982 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $1,505 | $145,636117 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity, Dexilant | $493 | $11,46127 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 547 medical providers in Ohio.
Other medical in Norton
- Shannon GhizzoniColumbus$116K
- Susan WhittCanal Winchester$74K
- Christopher FrickLima$46K
- Kodi VealeAkron$43K
- Abbey BlairCleveland$24K
- Joana ZulaConcord Twp$23K
- Chelsea AustenColumbus$21K
- Kristen FairchildToledo$19K
- Kaitlin SchuppGahanna$17K
- Melanie HunglerCincinnati$16K
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.