Sandra Utter, MD
Family Medicine · Dry Ridge, KYNPI 1679712681
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 771 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 50 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in KY 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 771 payments — averaging $15.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- GSK$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$603
- Amgen$599
- AstraZeneca$594
- plus $5K from 44 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$12,026100%
- Education$00%
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.
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
$12,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 | 201 | $161,868 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 150 | $150,540 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 119 | $138,037 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 104 | $121,877 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 88 | $109,021 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 70 | $98,082 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 30 | $59,645 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 36 | $55,928 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 72 | $53,097 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 73 | $49,434 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 42 | $47,148 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 | $43,785 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 59 | $31,655 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 46 | $26,117 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 16 | $25,650 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $603 | $197,682149 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $1,011 | $192,183221 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt | $418 | $179,493217 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,274 | $154,011106 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Bevespi Aerosphere, Symbicort | $594 | $152,054162 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Glyxambi | $361 | $143,531123 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar | $2,495 | $78,74688 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $264 | $64,64959 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $199 | $49,43473 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $203 | $24,97042 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $479 | $19,89514 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $118 | $13,13514 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 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other family medicine in Dry Ridge
- Troy AshcraftDry Ridge$16K
- Jonathan ByersDry Ridge$14K
- Christopher RhyneLouisville$933K
- John RichardLexington$226K
- James TurnboPaducah$124K
- Edward SchumannFlorence$79K
- Ronald KoffNew Castle$71K
- Suraj GathaniLouisville$69K
- Bradley GrayFlorence$51K
- Jackie KazeeAshland$45K
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.