Luke Anschutz
Pediatrics · Lincoln, NENPI 1083935522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Merck accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,556 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $108 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 52 payments — averaging $42.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$2K
- Seqirus USA Inc$78
- Pfizer$76
- Tris Pharma Inc$70
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$61
- Sobi, Inc$54
- plus $293 from 10 others
Across 294 payments — averaging $2879.77 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.
- Merck$402K
- Pfizer$232K
- GSK$165K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$48K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20454%
- Food & beverage$1,03046%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 16 | $1,601 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $76 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| GSK | 2 | $27 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- V114$1,191
How this compares
$2,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 308 pediatrics providers in Nebraska.
Other pediatrics in Lincoln
- Bradford BrabecLincoln$3K
- Paul BernhardsonLincoln$3K
- Sahra NiaziLincoln$2K
- Courtney BrightmanLincoln$2K
- Amy BargenLincoln$1K
- Elizabeth LarsonLincoln$1K
- Pamela WestLincoln$1K
- Heather ChristiansonLincoln$970
- Sachit PatelOmaha$91K
- Rachel AndersonOmaha$76K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.