Sara Cox
Medical · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1366492217
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 335 payments — averaging $17.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$895
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$513
- Abbott$507
- Novartis$410
- Pfizer$391
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$375
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,023100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 59 | $895 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 38 | $513 |
| Abbott | 9 | $507 |
| Novartis | 27 | $410 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $391 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $375 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $372 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 22 | $331 |
| Amgen | 17 | $311 |
| Bayer | 23 | $298 |
| Merck | 13 | $208 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $134 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $116 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $75 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $66 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $50 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $49 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $38 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $32 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $17 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Confirm Rx$287
- CARDIOMEMS$126
- LifeVest$100
How this compares
$6,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 755 medical providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $23,432 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 15 | $17,145 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 74 | $1,580 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $306 |
| Potassium Chloride | 11 | $302 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $232 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $218 |
| Furosemide | 23 | $164 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 14 | $110 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 12 | $108 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $90 |
| Nitroglycerin | 12 | $56 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $391 | $23,43221 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $410 | $17,14515 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 755 medical providers in Michigan.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.