Lauren Ferris
Gerontology · Roanoke, VANPI 1710447776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,265 of the $11,368 with a category attached, or 81.5%. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,296 and has fallen 51.3% since, to $1,605 in 2025. Among gerontology clinicians in VA 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 170 payments — averaging $66.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$767
- Abbott$521
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,10218%
- Food & beverage$9,26581%
- Education$10%
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 | 58 | $2,682 |
| Medtronic | 34 | $2,664 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 33 | $2,129 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $1,419 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $767 |
| Abbott | 9 | $521 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 3 | $409 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $134 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $133 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $57 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 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.
- ZIO XT Patch$1,192
- WATCHMAN FLX$978
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$958
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$632
- Zio monitor$467
- CoreValve Evolut$377
- ONYX FRONTIER$246
- WATCHMAN Access System$241
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$222
- AccuCinch$189
- NAVITOR$163
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$160
- TRICLIP$136
- MANTA$134
- FARXIGA$133
- EVOQUE$133
- MitraClip$122
- VIGILANT$108
How this compares
$11,368 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 130 gerontology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 47 | $43,549 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $18,555 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 21 | $15,307 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 208 | $2,104 |
| Bumetanide | 16 | $654 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 36 | $504 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $473 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $461 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 22 | $320 |
| Furosemide | 54 | $275 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $179 |
| Klor-Con M20Potassium Chloride | 11 | $160 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $136 |
| Carvedilol | 16 | $129 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 13 | $118 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $57 | $43,54947 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 130 gerontology providers in Virginia.
Other gerontology in Roanoke
- Kimberly Ekrem RiceRoanoke$1K
- Trixy HeaddenRoanoke$457
- Michelle DowdyRoanoke$364
- Catherine RatliffCharlottesville$10K
- Jennifer TaylorAbingdon$9K
- Alexander KingCharlottesville$7K
- Margaret HeidenreichChantilly$6K
- Jillian MaurielloRichmond$6K
- Christine HowellNorfolk$6K
- Molly McCrackenRichmond$5K
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.