Blake Volkmer
Family Medicine · Omaha, NENPI 1902367337
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 176 payments — averaging $16.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$476
- AbbVie$322
- Lilly USA, LLC$260
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$193
- Boehringer Ingelheim$181
- Bayer$149
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,86799%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 34 | $476 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $322 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $260 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 11 | $193 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $181 |
| Bayer | 9 | $149 |
| Gilead | 6 | $127 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $112 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Novartis | 7 | $103 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $91 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $87 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $75 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $57 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $43 |
| Amgen | 3 | $42 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $16 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
How this compares
$2,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 981 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 64 | $66,588 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 57 | $56,063 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 66 | $55,978 |
| EliquisApixaban | 39 | $48,536 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $20,218 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 11 | $11,870 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 15 | $6,098 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 12 | $6,013 |
| Gabapentin | 112 | $2,000 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 98 | $1,966 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 18 | $1,847 |
| Celecoxib | 84 | $1,801 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 31 | $1,798 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 144 | $1,320 |
| Omeprazole | 81 | $1,285 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $91 | $122,652121 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $181 | $55,97866 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $476 | $48,53639 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $260 | $20,21819 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $103 | $11,87011 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $75 | $6,09815 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $193 | $6,01312 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 981 family medicine providers in Nebraska.
Other family medicine in Omaha
- Kenneth BladOmaha$1.6M
- Ralph HaukeOmaha$657K
- Darin GregoryOmaha$423K
- Gregston NelsonOmaha$147K
- Birgit KhandalavalaOmaha$107K
- John HallgrenOmaha$94K
- Gerard StanleyOmaha$50K
- Kent JohnsonOmaha$16K
- Yongge LiuOmaha$15K
- M DadaOmaha$14K
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.