Linas Vaitkus
Pulmonary Disease · Middleburg Heights, OHNPI 1992752752
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 362 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 32.4% of the total.
Across 362 payments — averaging $16.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- GSK$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$650
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$250
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$222
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$218
- plus $788 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,93199%
- Education$811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 107 | $1,950 |
| GSK | 133 | $1,932 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 40 | $650 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 20 | $250 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 14 | $222 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $218 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $185 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 4 | $120 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $91 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $27 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 1 | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 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.
- SYMBICORT$118
- BREZTRI AEROSPHERE$118
- BREZTRI$107
- FARXIGA$107
- BEVESPI AEROSPHERE$107
How this compares
$6,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 571 pulmonary disease providers in Ohio.
Other pulmonary disease in Middleburg Heights
- Joseph KhabbazaAkron$655K
- Robert BaughmanCincinnati$640K
- Kristin HighlandCleveland$551K
- Bruce CorserCincinnati$502K
- Jason StieneckerLima$397K
- Mohammad SheattCincinnati$389K
- Mohammad KhanAkron$388K
- Thomas YungerDayton$353K
- Joseph CiceniaCleveland$350K
- Jean ElwingCincinnati$320K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.