Ewa Olech
Rheumatology · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1225007032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $224,395 of the $287,152 with a category attached, or 78.1%. AbbVie accounts for 76.0% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $98,539 and has fallen 58.2% since, to $41,204 in 2025. Among rheumatology clinicians in NV 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 383 payments — averaging $749.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$218K
- Merck$28K
- Pfizer$19K
- Amgen$18K
- UCB, Inc.$3K
- Novartis$682
- plus $881 from 6 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $750.23 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$10K
- GSK$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,7407%
- Speaking & faculty fees$224,39578%
- Travel & lodging$31,26611%
- Food & beverage$11,6954%
- Education$550%
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 | 262 | $218,287 |
| Merck | 37 | $28,174 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $18,716 |
| Amgen | 36 | $17,600 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $2,813 |
| Novartis | 7 | $682 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $261 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $242 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $87 |
| GSK | 1 | $40 |
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
$287,152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 43 rheumatology providers in Nevada.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 11 | $80,769 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Las Vegas
- Walter ChathamLas Vegas$197K
- George KellyLas Vegas$185K
- Nasim DaoudLas Vegas$109K
- William KimLas Vegas$16K
- Aida LoudyiLas Vegas$10K
- Tudor JianuLas Vegas$8K
- Khalil Ibrahim BourjiLas Vegas$7K
- Neil BraunsteinLas Vegas$6K
- Michael CliffordLas Vegas$4K
- Chen TangLas Vegas$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.