Benjamen Williams, MD
Family Medicine · Columbus, KSNPI 1255416558
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 194 payments — averaging $16.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$716
- AstraZeneca$500
- Lilly USA, LLC$274
- Novo Nordisk$253
- Abbott$203
- GSK$198
- plus $961 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,107100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 53 | $716 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $500 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $274 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $253 |
| Abbott | 9 | $203 |
| GSK | 15 | $198 |
| Amgen | 16 | $187 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $105 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $93 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $93 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $90 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $40 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$3,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 73 | $81,651 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $62,480 |
| EliquisApixaban | 70 | $62,315 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 41 | $48,416 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 38 | $43,070 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 46 | $40,212 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 24 | $36,769 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 22 | $35,594 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 38 | $31,933 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 21 | $22,606 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 22 | $19,199 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 28 | $17,605 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $14,258 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 27 | $13,835 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 12 | $13,039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt, Abrysvo | $93 | $102,594108 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat | $90 | $95,486100 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $274 | $85,08666 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $500 | $68,60999 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Ubrelvy, Qulipta | $716 | $61,65747 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arexvy | $198 | $60,48892 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $253 | $48,41641 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $17 | $19,19922 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $46 | $12,08516 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 80th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Kansas.
Other family medicine in Columbus
- Terry PolingWichita$24.2M
- Richard GloverNewton$19.6M
- Daniel DickersonLenexa$13.6M
- Patrick YaoOlathe$11.7M
- Michael RauschAugusta$8.1M
- Terry KleinWichita$5.9M
- Richard EgelhofWichita$4.1M
- Thomas KleinWichita$3.4M
- Troy HoldemanNewton$3.2M
- Stacy SlechtaNewton$3M
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.