---
title: What industry pays physicians in Alaska (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Alaska
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 1569281
physicians: 1713
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Alaska (2024)

In Alaska, drug and device makers reported **$1,569,281** in general payments to **1,713** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $916 each), plus $3,101,293 tied to research and $952,045 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rheumatology | $207,185 | 8 | $25,898 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $129,980 | 47 | $2,766 |
| Family | $117,759 | 172 | $685 |
| Emergency Medicine | $91,199 | 7 | $13,028 |
| Physician Assistant | $89,416 | 154 | $581 |
| Allergy & Immunology | $70,594 | 5 | $14,119 |
| Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck | $59,574 | 1 | $59,574 |
| Allergy | $58,873 | 7 | $8,410 |
| Surgery | $57,055 | 37 | $1,542 |
| Medical | $49,787 | 84 | $593 |
| Vascular Surgery | $43,200 | 8 | $5,400 |
| Pediatric Pulmonology | $41,059 | 2 | $20,530 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Botson | Rheumatology | $204,447 | Amgen Inc. |
| Michael Levy | Emergency Medicine | $90,559 | Stryker Corporation |
| Bryan Haughom | Orthopaedic Surgery | $73,373 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. |
| Jeffrey Demain | Allergy & Immunology | $68,852 | Blueprint Medicines Corporation |
| Trisha Kernodle | Family | $60,200 | Convatec Inc. |
| James Kallman | Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck | $59,574 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Bryan Farthing | Allergy | $43,932 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Jered Weinstock | Pediatric Pulmonology | $40,980 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. |
| Milan Bajmoczi | Vascular Surgery | $35,182 | AngioDynamics, Inc. |
| Jeremy Rosiecki | Physician Assistant | $23,562 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. |
| Alex Orten | Psychiatry | $22,248 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |
| Melissa Hardesty | Gynecologic Oncology | $22,055 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Kristen Jessen | Neurology | $18,487 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Harrison Burman | Surgery | $15,953 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Christopher Dietrich | Medical | $15,645 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. |
| Christina Froiland | Physician Assistant | $13,318 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Suneet Purohit | Cardiovascular Disease | $11,582 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. |
| Melissa Tondre | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $9,345 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Andrew Wappett | General Practice | $9,340 | A-dec, Inc. |
| Carolyn Majors | Surgery | $9,045 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Charles Haggerty | Orthopaedic Surgery | $8,893 | Stryker Corporation |
| Steven Humphreys | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $8,868 | Globus Medical, Inc. |
| Patricia Capo | Obstetrics & Gynecology | $8,799 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Andrzej Maciejewski | Nephrology | $8,674 | Amgen Inc. |
| Samuel Waller | Neurological Surgery | $8,344 | Globus Medical, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/ak.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`