Danita Velasco
Pediatrics · Omaha, NENPI 1265870950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,450 of the $10,644 with a category attached, or 79.4%. Kyowa Kirin, Inc. accounts for 86.5% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,131, more than ten times the $62 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 39 payments — averaging $272.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$9K
- AstraZeneca$857
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$489
- CSL Behring$62
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$30
Across 90 payments — averaging $6659.47 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.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.$599K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,45079%
- Travel & lodging$7937%
- Food & beverage$1,25712%
- Education$1441%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 20 | $9,206 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $857 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 11 | $489 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $62 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- CRYSVITA$8,818
- Strensiq$750
- VOXZOGO 1.2mg$102
How this compares
$10,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 308 pediatrics providers in Nebraska.
Other pediatrics in Omaha
- Sachit PatelOmaha$91K
- Rachel AndersonOmaha$76K
- Amy LacroixOmaha$40K
- Hana NieburOmaha$25K
- Melissa Muff-LuettOmaha$16K
- Karl RothOmaha$12K
- Rachel TaylorOmaha$10K
- Philip BoucherOmaha$10K
- Bernard DouglasOmaha$6K
- Joseph NovotnyOmaha$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.