Sherri Vesely
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 335 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 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family clinicians in IA 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 335 payments — averaging $15.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$799
- AstraZeneca$586
- Lilly USA, LLC$414
- Amgen$405
- Novo Nordisk$311
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,15799%
- Education$651%
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 | 62 | $1,014 |
| Pfizer | 79 | $799 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $586 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 27 | $414 |
| Amgen | 33 | $405 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $311 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $269 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $200 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $174 |
| Bayer | 10 | $157 |
| Abbott | 5 | $108 |
| Novartis | 7 | $107 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| GSK | 4 | $63 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $62 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Vertex | 3 | $51 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $50 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,268 family providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 254 | $306,029 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 216 | $239,146 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 135 | $151,037 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 53 | $59,991 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 32 | $53,146 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 35 | $37,363 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $34,230 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 21 | $21,579 |
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $20,659 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 19 | $18,216 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 25 | $15,470 |
| Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide | 16 | $12,338 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 18 | $10,410 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 34 | $10,070 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 44 | $6,701 |
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 | $414 | $343,392289 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $269 | $239,146216 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $311 | $204,183167 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $586 | $70,40071 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $15 | $34,23037 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $799 | $30,72967 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Shingrix | $63 | $23,96252 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,014 | $2,52124 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant | $14 | $1,89212 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 1,268 family providers in Iowa.
Other family in Tama
- Christa SlagleTama$5K
- Jenifer CooperTama$4K
- Stefanie GaticaAnkeny$354K
- Aubrey MolgaardAmes$238K
- Joan KittenFort Dodge$85K
- Megan FergusonPella$82K
- Rodney ClarkDes Moines$63K
- Jennifer CondonFort Dodge$31K
- Karen HunkeAmes$20K
- Tonia AckermanWest Des Moines$17K
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.