Brenda Miller, MD
Family Medicine · Bismarck, NDNPI 1619089109
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 111 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 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $689 and has fallen 81.8% since, to $125 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in ND 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 111 payments — averaging $22.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$394
- Amgen$293
- AstraZeneca$262
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$223
- Radius Health, Inc.$217
- AbbVie$199
- plus $931 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,519100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 23 | $394 |
| Amgen | 11 | $293 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $262 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $223 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $217 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $199 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $148 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $124 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $102 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $68 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $46 |
| Merck | 3 | $40 |
| GSK | 2 | $29 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,519 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 family medicine providers in North Dakota.
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 | 150 | $180,689 |
| EliquisApixaban | 106 | $83,894 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $25,941 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $19,448 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 19 | $19,292 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 25 | $17,034 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $16,441 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 20 | $15,942 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 24 | $13,320 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 20 | $12,566 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 28 | $11,706 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $10,095 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 14 | $7,206 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 437 | $5,757 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 439 | $5,339 |
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 | $72 | $180,689150 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin, Abrysvo | $148 | $91,832128 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $102 | $38,74038 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat | $23 | $33,14743 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $199 | $20,41868 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $40 | $16,44120 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $262 | $15,30425 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $29 | $12,56620 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $394 | $11,70628 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 90th percentile of 337 family medicine providers in North Dakota.
Other family medicine in Bismarck
- Jacqueline QuisnoBismarck$19K
- Jeffrey SmithBismarck$15K
- Stuart SmithBismarck$8K
- David PengillyBismarck$8K
- Biron BakerBismarck$8K
- Michelle TincherBismarck$7K
- Kevin LongieBismarck$6K
- Kelly LongieBismarck$5K
- Sherry SteinBismarck$5K
- David FieldBismarck$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.