Dewey Bensenhaver, MD
Family Medicine · Petersburg, WVNPI 1386718484
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 484 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 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in WV 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 484 payments — averaging $15.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Novo Nordisk$696
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$604
- AbbVie$565
- Boehringer Ingelheim$565
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,465100%
- Education$350%
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 | 66 | $1,330 |
| Amgen | 66 | $1,032 |
| Novo Nordisk | 50 | $696 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 35 | $604 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 45 | $565 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 39 | $565 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $342 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $318 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $288 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $266 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 17 | $261 |
| Novartis | 14 | $219 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $175 |
| Bayer | 7 | $108 |
| GSK | 6 | $94 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $92 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $90 |
| Abbott | 4 | $63 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Merck | 4 | $50 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Vertex | 2 | $31 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $26 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Eisai Inc. | 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.
- FARXIGA$214
- BREZTRI$214
- BEVESPI AEROSPHERE$106
How this compares
$7,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 473 | $309,797 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 264 | $213,709 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 141 | $99,817 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 84 | $89,688 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 11 | $80,740 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 63 | $74,482 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 112 | $73,636 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 57 | $69,965 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 33 | $56,313 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 67 | $51,128 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 29 | $38,287 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 64 | $37,260 |
| Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide | 25 | $36,324 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 42 | $34,803 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 20 | $33,836 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $266 | $328,145530 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $565 | $241,421348 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet | $50 | $149,345140 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $696 | $126,27890 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $175 | $108,31883 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Shingrix, Arexvy | $94 | $105,654239 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $342 | $99,817141 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $1,330 | $84,094141 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel | $1,032 | $80,74011 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $219 | $10,16620 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 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other family medicine in Petersburg
- Julie DetempleSouth Charleston$129K
- John CornellHuntington$68K
- Isha WoofterClarksburg$27K
- Dominick WoofterClarksburg$27K
- Ryan RunyonPrinceton$21K
- David HessBridgeport$20K
- Cherry LobatonMartinsburg$19K
- Melissa GamponiaCharleston$18K
- Stephen MascioFollansbee$17K
- Kenneth AdkinsSouth Charleston$17K
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.