Meri Kryss, MD
Internal Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1750499471
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 131 payments — averaging $19.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$687
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$285
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$155
- Novo Nordisk$153
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$126
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- plus $979 from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,510100%
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) | 31 | $687 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $285 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $155 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $153 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $60 |
| Novartis | 3 | $56 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $36 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 2 | $23 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
How this compares
$2,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 674 | $229,823 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 254 | $175,347 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 290 | $161,742 |
| EliquisApixaban | 258 | $160,744 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 283 | $129,701 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 120 | $77,478 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 121 | $61,613 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 352 | $36,675 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 176 | $35,484 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 20 | $29,498 |
| Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate | 13 | $29,240 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 46 | $26,838 |
| Lidocaine | 147 | $22,829 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 41 | $21,243 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 29 | $20,827 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Restasis, Lumigan, Synthroid | $687 | $269,068587 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $106 | $175,347254 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $60 | $160,744258 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $13 | $129,701283 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimTradjenta | $16 | $61,613121 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $125 | $26,83846 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $108 | $21,24341 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $23 | $20,82729 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Pulmicort Flexhaler | $30 | $18,15437 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant | $67 | $11,66333 claims |
| NovartisDiovan | $56 | $5,73714 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 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other internal medicine in Philadelphia
- Jonathan EpsteinPhiladelphia$13.1M
- Pitamber DevgonPhiladelphia$7.5M
- Walter KraftPhiladelphia$3.7M
- Daniel RaderPhiladelphia$3.3M
- Archna BajajPhiladelphia$2.9M
- Gary YeomanPhiladelphia$2.4M
- Melina MarmarelisPhiladelphia$2.1M
- Adam WaxmanPhiladelphia$894K
- Donna GavaronePhiladelphia$728K
- Eyob FeyssaPhiladelphia$693K
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.