Arthur Vegh
Allergy & Immunology · Tacoma, WANPI 1144210048
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pharming Healthcare, Inc. at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $22,685 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $284 in 2022.
Across 141 payments — averaging $195.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pharming Healthcare, Inc.$10K
- CSL Behring$6K
- Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC$6K
- Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC$382
- GSK$328
- plus $697 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,25023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,48852%
- Travel & lodging$3,79414%
- Food & beverage$3,04511%
- Education$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 12 | $10,134 |
| CSL Behring | 34 | $5,744 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $5,703 |
| Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $4,633 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 26 | $382 |
| GSK | 17 | $328 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 9 | $253 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 13 | $174 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $53 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $45 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $21 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 2 | $17 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- RUCONEST$10,030
- PH-Icatibant$5,703
- Haegarda$5,276
How this compares
$27,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 81 allergy & immunology providers in Washington.
Other allergy & immunology in Tacoma
- Janet WeirTacoma$6K
- Niharika RathTacoma$457
- Taiil SongLakewood$192K
- Frank VirantSeattle$107K
- Richard GowerSpokane$104K
- Leonard AltmanSeattle$81K
- Daniel PetroniSeattle$68K
- David McGarrySpokane Valley$66K
- Rahool DaveSeattle$42K
- David ElkayamBellingham$39K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.