RxDoctor Payments Data

Antonios Wehbeh, MD

Gastroenterology · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1437564820

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 39 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $529, 8.2 times the $65 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in SD, where the typical reported total is $1,171.

$1,158in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 39 payments — averaging $29.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$317
  • Sanofi$243
  • Ardelyx, Inc.$131
  • Johnson & Johnson$128
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$99
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$38
  • plus $202 from 9 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,158100%

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

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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.

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

$1,158 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 41 gastroenterology providers in South Dakota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$58,060
Medicare patients
262
Services billed
427

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase25$43,804
LinzessLinaclotide34$21,418
Mesalamine29$9,459
AprisoMesalamine13$6,677
Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg232$6,439
MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate14$5,432
CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar)38$2,898
Omeprazole216$2,650
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates26$2,274
Colesevelam Hcl32$2,273
Esomeprazole Magnesium44$2,261
Balsalazide Disodium21$1,687
Rabeprazole Sodium53$1,439
DexilantDexlansoprazole12$1,435
Azathioprine17$1,388

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieCreon, Linzess$317$65,22159 claims
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCApriso$38$6,67713 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant$99$1,43512 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 45th percentile of 41 gastroenterology providers in South Dakota.

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