Yelena Kier, DO
Hematology & Oncology · Traverse City, MINPI 1659532034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,960 of the $5,718 with a category attached, or 86.7%. Stemline Therapeutics Inc. accounts for 88.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,131, more than ten times the $23 reported in 2021.
Across 18 payments — averaging $317.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stemline Therapeutics Inc.$5K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$317
- Gilead$265
- AstraZeneca$23
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$20
- Amgen$15
- plus $11 from 1 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $139,205 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AstraZeneca$408K
- Pfizer$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,96087%
- Food & beverage$57110%
- Education$1873%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $5,066 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $317 |
| Gilead | 4 | $265 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Orserdu$5,066
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$195
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$195
- Trodelvy$128
How this compares
$5,718 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 282 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 58 | $967,998 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 38 | $513,486 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 28 | $408,552 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 23 | $318,570 |
| IbrancePalbociclib | 20 | $315,601 |
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 20 | $303,462 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 14 | $206,078 |
| Anastrozole | 252 | $6,858 |
| Exemestane | 25 | $4,570 |
| Letrozole | 51 | $1,720 |
| Hydroxyurea | 60 | $1,435 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 31 | $649 |
| Dexamethasone | 48 | $631 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 34 | $392 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 31 | $361 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $23 | $318,57023 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 70th percentile of 282 hematology & oncology providers in Michigan.
Other hematology & oncology in Traverse City
- David GordonTraverse City$14K
- Faisal MusaDearborn$976K
- Mohammed Al HallakDetroit$644K
- Daniel LebovicGrosse Pointe Woods$352K
- Sreenivasa ChandanaGrand Rapids$305K
- Mohammad ChistiTroy$180K
- Gordon SrkalovicLansing$167K
- Jeffrey ZonderDetroit$88K
- Madan AroraFlint$84K
- Hadeel AssadDetroit$80K
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.