Timothy Childers, PA
Emergency Medical Services · Reed City, MINPI 1124078555
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 190 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 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,449 and has fallen 51.9% since, to $697 in 2025. Among emergency medical services clinicians in MI 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 190 payments — averaging $19.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$567
- Novo Nordisk$549
- AbbVie$544
- GSK$215
- Lilly USA, LLC$170
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$164
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,790100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 20 | $567 |
| Novo Nordisk | 36 | $549 |
| AbbVie | 36 | $544 |
| GSK | 14 | $215 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $170 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $164 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Novartis | 7 | $147 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $132 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $126 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $124 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $90 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Gilead | 2 | $48 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $32 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Bayer | 2 | $30 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 180 emergency medical services providers in Michigan.
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 | 31 | $31,561 |
| EliquisApixaban | 38 | $29,834 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 24 | $29,079 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $16,291 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $14,431 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 147 | $2,849 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 113 | $2,184 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 17 | $2,078 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 16 | $1,986 |
| Losartan Potassium | 92 | $1,667 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $1,482 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $1,344 |
| Lisinopril | 99 | $1,329 |
| Omeprazole | 63 | $1,304 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 77 | $1,248 |
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 | $170 | $60,64055 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $126 | $29,83438 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $567 | $16,29112 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $549 | $14,43114 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 180 emergency medical services providers in Michigan.
Other emergency medical services in Reed City
- Charles ZellerKalamazoo$454K
- Melissa TaylorGrand Rapids$60K
- Joshua WhiteLansing$26K
- Robert DunneDetroit$21K
- Brian GelbAlpena$4K
- Marc KrakowKalkaska$3K
- Roy ElrodDetroit$2K
- Julie JohnsonTraverse City$2K
- Matthew FlanniganGrand Rapids$2K
- Trace DotsonWarren$1K
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.