Kurt Leuenberger, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1194765800
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 200 payments — averaging $44.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- Taiho Oncology, Inc.$1K
- Avyxa Pharma, LLC$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$455
- AbbVie$387
- Novartis$343
- plus $3K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,45039%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00011%
- Food & beverage$4,10046%
- Education$4065%
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.
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
$8,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 83 | $1,155,627 |
| CabometyxCabozantinib S-Malate | 44 | $1,119,680 |
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 58 | $976,942 |
| Lenalidomide | 47 | $687,360 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 36 | $484,042 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 28 | $274,014 |
| EliquisApixaban | 303 | $241,287 |
| TazverikTazemetostat Hydrobromide | 12 | $226,277 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 16 | $197,093 |
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 11 | $186,836 |
| NinlaroIxazomib Citrate | 12 | $159,827 |
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 12 | $135,863 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 134 | $116,284 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 38 | $66,824 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 38 | $46,618 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $14 | $1,155,62783 claims |
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $16 | $976,94258 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $40 | $484,04236 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $244 | $241,287303 claims |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncTazverik | $16 | $226,27712 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $63 | $197,09316 claims |
| AstraZenecaTagrisso | $182 | $186,83611 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Ninlaro | $166 | $159,82712 claims |
| NovartisPromacta | $343 | $135,86312 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $455 | $116,284134 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 50th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
Other hematology & oncology in Cincinnati
- Trisha Wise-DraperCincinnati$9.8M
- Davendra SohalCincinnati$8.6M
- David WaterhouseCincinnati$5.7M
- Patrick WardCincinnati$3.8M
- James EssellCincinnati$3.7M
- Edward FaberCincinnati$2.3M
- Omar AlkharabshehCincinnati$1.2M
- Alexander StarodubCincinnati$1.1M
- Mark JohnsCincinnati$999K
- Jason JonesCincinnati$948K
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.