Megan Bauer
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 88 payments — averaging $18.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$253
- Merck$236
- GSK$169
- Boehringer Ingelheim$113
- Lilly USA, LLC$111
- Novo Nordisk$94
- plus $680 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,656100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $253 |
| Merck | 12 | $236 |
| GSK | 12 | $169 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $113 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $94 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $83 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $67 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $45 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $25 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $25 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,941 family providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 42 | $29,890 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $27,810 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $22,174 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 18 | $21,100 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $18,103 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 14 | $17,187 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 12 | $11,215 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $11,194 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $4,012 |
| Fentanyl | 16 | $3,430 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 20 | $3,059 |
| Gabapentin | 43 | $1,498 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $1,416 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 12 | $1,384 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 46 | $1,192 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $169 | $29,89042 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $113 | $27,81023 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $253 | $26,18631 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $111 | $21,10018 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $67 | $18,10316 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $236 | $17,18714 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $94 | $11,21512 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $13 | $11,19415 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 80th percentile of 4,941 family providers in Illinois.
Other family in Lena
- Ruth CarricoChicago$582K
- Aleksandra BielawiecBarrington$373K
- Erin SieberNaperville$334K
- Jamie BroganChicago$282K
- Ashley NoethGlen Carbon$271K
- Marita KametasChicago$259K
- Shammona ClarkChicago$247K
- Amanda McKeeMount Vernon$242K
- Brooke KennardBloomington$208K
- Amy BrownellElk Grove Village$202K
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.