Kurt Oelke, MD
Rheumatology · Glendale, WINPI 1962433136
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $537,184 of the $750,019 with a category attached, or 71.6%. It is spread thinly across 42 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.2%. Among rheumatology clinicians in WI 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 1,535 payments — averaging $488.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$167K
- Amgen$138K
- Johnson & Johnson$93K
- UCB, Inc.$92K
- AstraZeneca$76K
- Novartis$41K
- plus $143K from 36 others
Across 206 payments — averaging $5228.84 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$321K
- AbbVie$219K
- GSK$203K
- Eli Lilly$147K
- UCB SA$81K
- Amgen$36K
- plus $69K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$92,42212%
- Speaking & faculty fees$537,18472%
- Travel & lodging$86,15711%
- Food & beverage$33,7585%
- Education$4980%
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
$750,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 120 rheumatology providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 72 | $492,351 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 71 | $484,448 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 40 | $277,678 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 31 | $248,028 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 29 | $208,904 |
| Enbrel MiniEtanercept | 27 | $193,164 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 16 | $93,563 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 11 | $61,467 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 16 | $39,353 |
| Teriparatide | 11 | $28,659 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 572 | $22,480 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 800 | $17,438 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 78 | $7,208 |
| Prednisone | 517 | $3,368 |
| Leflunomide | 43 | $3,248 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $166,676 | $484,44871 claims |
| PfizerXeljanz | $15,189 | $277,67840 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel | $138,135 | $208,90429 claims |
| Genentech, Inc.Actemra | $82 | $39,35316 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 120 rheumatology providers in Wisconsin.
Other rheumatology in Glendale
- John AlbertGlendale$369K
- Arnold LimGlendale$8K
- Jonathan KushiGlendale$5K
- Katherine FinnGlendale$2K
- Farrukh PashaGlendale$1K
- Steven BergquistGlendale$722
- Juliana ShahGlendale$513
- Daniel MaloneBeaver Dam$505K
- Taraneh MehraniMenomonee Falls$176K
- Ekaterina SoforoSheboygan$159K
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.