Benjamin Wiese, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Lincoln, NENPI 1619402401
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 37 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for pulmonary disease clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $2,614.
Across 37 payments — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Grifols USA, LLC$115
- Amgen$90
- Sanofi$86
- Baxter Healthcare$50
- Resmed Corp$48
- Abiomed$38
- plus $295 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$722100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grifols USA, LLC | 5 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $90 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $86 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $50 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $48 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $38 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Hospira, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 81 pulmonary disease providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 108 | $86,024 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 88 | $64,221 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 47 | $24,397 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 34 | $17,518 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 19 | $10,890 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $5,814 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 19 | $4,750 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 128 | $3,393 |
| Theophylline ErTheophylline Anhydrous | 12 | $1,617 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 11 | $1,310 |
| Omeprazole | 22 | $326 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 67 | $308 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $260 |
| Prednisone | 49 | $255 |
| Azithromycin | 29 | $195 |
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, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $15 | $80,925122 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $29 | $41,91581 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 30th percentile of 81 pulmonary disease providers in Nebraska.
Other pulmonary disease in Lincoln
- Ryan MartinLincoln$600K
- Douglas FiedlerLincoln$23K
- Kevin ReichmuthLincoln$22K
- Harvey HopkinsLincoln$18K
- William JohnsonLincoln$18K
- Matthew MaslonkaLincoln$14K
- Jakeb RiggleLincoln$13K
- Jonathan SpencerLincoln$9K
- Louis VioliLincoln$6K
- Jeffrey JarrettLincoln$5K
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.