Christine Yuengel-Bienenfeld
Dermatology · Winston-Salem, NCNPI 1982678934
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.3% of the total across 585 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.3% of the total.
Across 585 payments — averaging $21.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$819
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$719
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$611
- plus $5K from 29 others
Across 49 payments — averaging $1941.34 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.
- Pfizer$84K
- Eli Lilly$11K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6005%
- Food & beverage$11,68394%
- Education$1001%
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) | 166 | $3,378 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 55 | $1,222 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 61 | $1,094 |
| Sanofi | 36 | $819 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $719 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 26 | $611 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $539 |
| Novartis | 20 | $506 |
| Amgen | 18 | $444 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 21 | $332 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $308 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 14 | $284 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 13 | $277 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $272 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $246 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 18 | $226 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $183 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $179 |
| Almirall LLC | 8 | $155 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $28 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Organon | 1 | $20 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $17 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$12,383 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 475 dermatology providers in North Carolina.
Other dermatology in Winston-Salem
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- William HooverConcord$594K
- Patrick McElgunnCharlotte$565K
- George MagelHickory$554K
- Muneeb ShahClinton$451K
- John SoderbergCary$398K
- Rosalyn GeorgeWilmington$346K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.