Jeffrey Gatz, MD
Internal Medicine · Valparaiso, INNPI 1609868207
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 55 payments — averaging $17.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$104
- EMD Serono, Inc.$98
- Lilly USA, LLC$91
- Merck$78
- Novo Nordisk$77
- Tris Pharma Inc$62
- plus $456 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$92095%
- Education$475%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 1 | $104 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $91 |
| Merck | 5 | $78 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $77 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 5 | $62 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $52 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $39 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 2 | $37 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Kerendia$104
How this compares
$966 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 108 | $176,972 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 81 | $100,445 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $36,981 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $27,702 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 39 | $26,940 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 22 | $12,820 |
| Bevespi AerosphereGlycopyrrolate/Formoterol Fum | 13 | $11,020 |
| Aripiprazole | 21 | $3,486 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 33 | $2,656 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 387 | $2,029 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 68 | $1,688 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 97 | $1,672 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 228 | $1,548 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 84 | $1,428 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $1,116 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $77 | $176,972108 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $36 | $100,44581 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $91 | $36,98119 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $33 | $27,70218 claims |
| AstraZenecaBevespi Aerosphere | $29 | $11,02013 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $31 | $2,65633 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 75th percentile of 1,747 internal medicine providers in Indiana.
Other internal medicine in Valparaiso
- Robert BuynakValparaiso$24.2M
- Crystal TuncayValparaiso$33K
- Mohammed AllawNewburgh$3.6M
- Raj VuppalanchiIndianapolis$3.4M
- Phillip TothIndianapolis$3.2M
- George CornettFranklin$1.3M
- Ajita NarayanLafayette$951K
- Abhinav SinghGreenwood$738K
- Georgiann LinnemeierIndianapolis$692K
- Wa'el BakdashAnderson$625K
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.