Derek Low, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Kansas City, KSNPI 1245644376
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 77 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $780 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $61 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $18.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$293
- Boehringer Ingelheim$229
- GSK$113
- Vertex$105
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$98
- Baxter Healthcare$81
- plus $477 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,396100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $293 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $229 |
| GSK | 7 | $113 |
| Vertex | 5 | $105 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $98 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $70 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Novartis | 3 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $40 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $8 |
How this compares
$1,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 35 critical care medicine providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 89 | $64,826 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 32 | $20,101 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 36 | $17,632 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 17 | $11,692 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 71 | $9,849 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 17 | $8,815 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 14 | $6,501 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 96 | $2,702 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 15 | $2,296 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 54 | $469 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $187 |
| Azithromycin | 15 | $184 |
| Prednisone | 41 | $151 |
| Levofloxacin | 11 | $137 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 27 | $99 |
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 | $113 | $91,273142 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere | $293 | $20,10132 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $229 | $18,19331 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 85th percentile of 35 critical care medicine providers in Kansas.
Other critical care medicine in Kansas City
- Timothy WilliamsonKansas City$16K
- Scott MatsonKansas City$5K
- Jessica LernerKansas City$1K
- Franklin QuijanoKansas City$1K
- Ethan GoldbergKansas City$457
- Craig BeaversKansas City$448
- Abigail SpaedyKansas City$413
- Ahmad ZiadehKansas City$215
- Michael CrosserKansas City$178
- Sarah SierksKansas City$165
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.