Meghann Warnke
Primary Care · Rapid City, SDNPI 1295596179
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.2% of the total.
Across 64 payments — averaging $62.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Boston Scientific$220
- Abbott$121
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,20255%
- Food & beverage$1,80545%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 42 | $2,014 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $1,652 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $220 |
| Abbott | 1 | $121 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$893
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$750
- WATCHMAN FLX$125
- TRICLIP$121
How this compares
Too few primary care providers in South Dakotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 43 | $361 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 19 | $199 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other primary care in Rapid City
- Theresa HammerquistRapid City$66
- Nicole CoyleRapid City$13
- Rebecca KrivarchkaSioux Falls$3K
- Amber WhempnerSioux Falls$723
- Kasey KernerWinner$510
- Joshua KatzSioux Falls$496
- Sarah FuerstenbergSioux Falls$407
- Melissa DayMc Intosh$186
- Nicole CottonSioux Falls$157
- Brittany SchaeferDell Rapids$33
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.