Lauren Gettelfinger
Gerontology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1972052306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 439 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 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,331 and has fallen 93.7% since, to $146 in 2025. Among gerontology clinicians in OH 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 439 payments — averaging $17.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$748
- Abbott$582
- Lilly USA, LLC$569
- Pfizer$336
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,35697%
- Education$2483%
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(2 entities) | 91 | $1,226 |
| Novo Nordisk | 68 | $1,013 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $748 |
| Abbott | 32 | $582 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 36 | $569 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $336 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $332 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 14 | $254 |
| Novartis | 15 | $234 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $224 |
| Amgen | 12 | $221 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $216 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 17 | $189 |
| GSK | 7 | $189 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $188 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 11 | $172 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $136 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 5 | $93 |
| Bayer | 4 | $76 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $54 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $9 |
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.
How this compares
$7,604 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 361 gerontology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 46 | $55,827 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 37 | $53,859 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 31 | $44,670 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $41,784 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $30,269 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $25,028 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 22 | $24,607 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 11 | $22,364 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 14 | $22,024 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 21 | $20,556 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $9,328 |
| FetzimaLevomilnacipran Hcl | 12 | $5,887 |
| Gabapentin | 90 | $2,970 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 22 | $2,720 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 69 | $2,674 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,013 | $63,80848 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $336 | $55,82746 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $748 | $53,85937 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Olanzapine | $569 | $45,93149 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $136 | $30,26923 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $42 | $25,02824 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $189 | $24,60722 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $93 | $20,55621 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $332 | $9,32811 claims |
| AbbVieFetzima, Synthroid | $1,226 | $7,70235 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 361 gerontology providers in Ohio.
Other gerontology in Cincinnati
- Diana SutherlandCincinnati$32K
- John ShinnCincinnati$26K
- Amy MalmedahlCincinnati$11K
- Arianna WarfelCincinnati$7K
- Cheryl HerrleCincinnati$4K
- Jeanette MeyerCincinnati$3K
- Kimberly LeveringCincinnati$2K
- Sunshine BarhorstCincinnati$2K
- Christopher GoddardCincinnati$2K
- Kathryn DinhCincinnati$2K
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.