Michael Eckrich
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Madison, WINPI 1194918631
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $36,366 of the $54,729 with a category attached, or 66.4%. Vertex accounts for 86.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $29,966 and has fallen 60.8% since, to $11,735 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $841.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$48K
- Y-mabs Therapeutics, Inc.$5K
- Novartis$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$378
- Medexus Pharma, Inc.$223
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$148
- plus $99 from 1 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $102,292 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.
- Vertex$1.8M
- Novartis$33K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,36666%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,22521%
- Travel & lodging$4,7129%
- Food & beverage$2,3274%
- Education$990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 43 | $47,533 |
| Y-mabs Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $5,279 |
| Novartis | 10 | $1,069 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $378 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $223 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $148 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $99 |
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
$54,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 46 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Wisconsin.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Madison
- Christina AmendMadison$80K
- Sarah Mc DermottMadison$16K
- Christian CapitiniMadison$8K
- Anne MarshMadison$7K
- Cathy Lee MillerMadison$4K
- Allison WeisnichtMadison$122
- Diane PuccettiMadison$33
- Rebecca RichardsMadison$26
- Chu ShinMadison$24
- Carol DiamondMadison$23
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.