Joshua Wietholder
Medical · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1285221598
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 557 payments — averaging $17.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$994
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$960
- Amgen$839
- Merck$663
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,515100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 117 | $1,612 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 55 | $1,037 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 68 | $994 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 52 | $960 |
| Amgen | 43 | $839 |
| Merck | 36 | $663 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 29 | $512 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $481 |
| Bayer | 24 | $443 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 12 | $218 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $196 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $187 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $181 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 8 | $179 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $165 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 10 | $156 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $150 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 4 | $71 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $69 |
| GSK | 3 | $61 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $46 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Sotyktu$115
How this compares
$9,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,594 medical providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 40 | $40,963 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 32 | $16,803 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $14,756 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $13,482 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 103 | $846 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 12 | $839 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 49 | $483 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 99 | $465 |
| Bumetanide | 14 | $313 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 34 | $296 |
| Carvedilol | 40 | $284 |
| Potassium Chloride | 18 | $277 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 22 | $261 |
| Nitroglycerin | 25 | $215 |
| Ezetimibe | 18 | $212 |
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 | $150 | $40,96340 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $481 | $16,80332 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $994 | $14,75616 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $1,037 | $13,48211 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 95th percentile of 2,594 medical providers in Pennsylvania.
Other medical in Pittsburgh
- Patrick OffiPittsburgh$63K
- Haley WhitePittsburgh$34K
- Allyson Zella PraterPittsburgh$32K
- Braeden BashPittsburgh$27K
- Caroline O'NeilPittsburgh$25K
- Michael TometskoPittsburgh$16K
- Tori PipakPittsburgh$15K
- Juliette Bender HeinePittsburgh$15K
- Aimee HerringtonPittsburgh$14K
- Sarah AbrahamPittsburgh$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.