Megan Pollema
Family · Independence, MONPI 1407270085
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 201 payments — averaging $16.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$442
- AstraZeneca$345
- Novo Nordisk$331
- Pfizer$262
- GSK$255
- Lilly USA, LLC$244
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,400100%
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 | 28 | $442 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $345 |
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $331 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $262 |
| GSK | 10 | $255 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $244 |
| Abbott | 13 | $237 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $212 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $139 |
| Amgen | 6 | $85 |
| Merck | 5 | $80 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $66 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $48 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $46 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $43 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $7 |
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.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$114
How this compares
$3,400 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,812 family providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 45 | $68,158 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $33,858 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $22,720 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $20,858 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $19,941 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 19 | $14,776 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 21 | $5,788 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 13 | $3,426 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 73 | $2,532 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 52 | $1,948 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 220 | $1,945 |
| Omeprazole | 106 | $1,732 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $1,643 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 198 | $1,643 |
| Lisinopril | 171 | $1,119 |
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 | $331 | $68,15845 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $262 | $37,28538 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Arexvy | $255 | $25,72936 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $212 | $22,72017 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $345 | $20,85820 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $33 | $14,77619 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $442 | $1,64312 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 3,812 family providers in Missouri.
Other family in Independence
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- Shayla SandersKansas City$306K
- Tamera WolfLees Summit$215K
- Tiffany ArnoldFestus$177K
- Tiffany NelsonSedalia$164K
- Chelsey BeckerSaint Peters$104K
- Carey PattonDes Peres$94K
- Marcy MarkesColumbia$92K
- Laura HedigerSpringfield$71K
- Rebecca SeabaughSaint Louis$68K
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.