Michael Frucht, MD
Neurology · Madison, WINPI 1740220045
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $20,625 of the $22,467 with a category attached, or 91.8%. SK Life Science, Inc. accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $13,417 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $197 in 2024. Among neurology clinicians in WI 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 31 payments — averaging $724.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SK Life Science, Inc.$22K
- Natus Medical Incorporated$112
Across 29 payments — averaging $2045.44 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.
- SK Life Science, Inc.$21K
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$21K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,62592%
- Travel & lodging$9984%
- Food & beverage$8434%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 30 | $22,355 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $112 |
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.
- XCOPRI$19,512
- Cenobamate$2,175
How this compares
$22,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 308 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KeppraLevetiracetam | 26 | $65,158 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 27 | $47,682 |
| Lacosamide | 320 | $44,961 |
| Levetiracetam | 1,269 | $44,727 |
| Lamictal XrLamotrigine | 26 | $29,947 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 14 | $25,586 |
| Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine | 33 | $18,804 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 158 | $15,122 |
| Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam | 106 | $14,061 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 119 | $13,771 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 64 | $10,399 |
| Lamotrigine | 404 | $9,495 |
| Carbamazepine | 102 | $9,332 |
| DilantinPhenytoin Sodium Extended | 24 | $7,489 |
| Phenobarbital | 120 | $5,124 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $22,355 | $47,68227 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 90th percentile of 308 neurology providers in Wisconsin.
Other neurology in Madison
- Michael SnyderMadison$284K
- Kelsey GageschMadison$60K
- Brian NagleMadison$25K
- Vanesa BotsfordMadison$11K
- Amanda AbuafMadison$11K
- Christopher LuzzioMadison$9K
- Ankush BhatiaMadison$7K
- Rama MagantiMadison$6K
- Elizabeth FeltonMadison$5K
- Bhupendra KhatriMilwaukee$2.5M
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.