Arthur Waldbaum
Gynecology · Denver, CONPI 1386743441
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,625 of the $22,515 with a category attached, or 87.2%. Therapeuticsmd, Inc. accounts for 71.6% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among gynecology clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 5 payments — averaging $4503.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$16K
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$4K
- Agile Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
Across 234 payments — averaging $4350.44 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.
- Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc.$370K
- AbbVie$274K
- Sebela Women's Health Inc.$194K
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$107K
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$25K
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$16K
- plus $32K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,62587%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,89013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $16,125 |
| Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc. | 1 | $3,500 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $2,890 |
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.
- Twirla$2,890
How this compares
$22,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 31 gynecology providers in Colorado.
Other gynecology in Denver
- Janet ShepherdDenver$288K
- Mandi BemanDenver$29K
- Michael MooreDenver$8K
- Paula VasichkoDenver$5K
- Kristinell KeilDenver$3K
- Katherine DuganDenver$1K
- Sybil DessieDenver$1K
- Brenda KluherzDenver$890
- Alexander ShapiroDenver$711
- Gretchen BrunoDenver$32
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.