Benjamin Bregman, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1780863332
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,283 payments — averaging $1619.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$766K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$430K
- GSK$408K
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$234K
- Insmed, Inc.$101K
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$100K
- plus $39K from 43 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $147.60 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.
- GSK$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,67115%
- Food & beverage$5,19748%
- Education$4,03037%
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.
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
$2,078,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 190 critical care medicine providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 89 | $74,365 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 103 | $73,110 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 57 | $30,740 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 25 | $15,476 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 32 | $14,013 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 37 | $10,272 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $9,584 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 22 | $4,304 |
| Varenicline Tartrate | 14 | $2,948 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 66 | $1,807 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 18 | $1,081 |
| Azithromycin | 42 | $367 |
| Prednisone | 100 | $330 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 17 | $295 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 29 | $292 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $407,941 | $88,378121 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $537 | $83,381140 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimStiolto Respimat, Spiriva Respimat | $592 | $46,21682 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $36 | $9,58416 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 95th percentile of 190 critical care medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other critical care medicine in Winston Salem
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- Jason ThomasonWinston Salem$882K
- David DefeoWinston Salem$162K
- Hassan YousafWinston Salem$104K
- Farhan AhmedWinston Salem$68K
- Sean MurphyWinston Salem$6K
- Romel GobunsuyWinston Salem$2K
- Philip KeithWinston Salem$2K
- Blair BrownWinston Salem$2K
- Gregory RossWinston Salem$2K
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.