Mark Kummer
Pediatric Endocrinology · Anchorage, AKNPI 1487732640
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,286 of the $1,859 with a category attached, or 69.2%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,757 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $67 in 2021.
Across 37 payments — averaging $50.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$689
- Novo Nordisk$241
- Dexcom, Inc.$178
- Medtronic$162
- Insulet Corporation$144
- Lilly USA, LLC$109
- plus $334 from 8 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $7237.23 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$234K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$56K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$46K
- Boehringer Ingelheim France S.a.s.$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$34719%
- Food & beverage$1,28669%
- Education$22612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 5 | $689 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $241 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $162 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $144 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $109 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $107 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Merck | 1 | $63 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $25 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GENOTROPIN$499
- Minimed 670G System$140
How this compares
Too few pediatric endocrinology providers in Alaskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Anchorage
- Rachel Kerford LescherAnchorage$186
- Parisa SalehiFairbanks$56K
- Jennifer BracamontesFairbanks$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.