Joseph Lemlek
Cardiovascular Disease · Wichita, KSNPI 1932268265
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 220 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 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,028, 2.4 times the $425 reported in 2019.
Across 220 payments — averaging $22.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- AstraZeneca$424
- Amgen$398
- Novo Nordisk$314
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$251
- Boehringer Ingelheim$243
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,81098%
- Education$992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 36 | $1,048 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $424 |
| Amgen | 25 | $398 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $314 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 20 | $251 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $243 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $236 |
| Merck | 14 | $235 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $219 |
| Novartis | 14 | $207 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $192 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $154 |
| Bayer | 4 | $136 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $58 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $43 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $16 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$166
- MitraClip System$146
- FARXIGA$123
- AIRSUPRA$123
- Confirm Rx$118
- UNIFY ASSURA$100
How this compares
$4,909 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 178 | $161,145 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 100 | $102,362 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 70 | $71,940 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 60 | $53,446 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 563 | $5,544 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 379 | $3,492 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 177 | $1,782 |
| Spironolactone | 140 | $1,677 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 112 | $1,435 |
| Lisinopril | 273 | $1,263 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 34 | $1,121 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 14 | $1,107 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 67 | $1,092 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 171 | $1,059 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 187 | $1,041 |
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 | $47 | $161,145178 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $243 | $102,362100 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $207 | $71,94070 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $154 | $53,44660 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 70th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease providers in Kansas.
Other cardiovascular disease in Wichita
- Bassem ChehabWichita$482K
- Joseph GalichiaWichita$177K
- Wassim ShaheenWichita$137K
- Layne ReusserWichita$91K
- Aziz MaksoudWichita$81K
- Hossein AmiraniWichita$18K
- Ahmed MohamedWichita$17K
- Daniel AlvarezWichita$16K
- Freidy EidWichita$13K
- Mohamad FarhatWichita$11K
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.