Michael Owczarzak
Family Medicine · Flint, MINPI 1659371979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 939 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 49 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,065, 3.5 times the $1,177 reported in 2019. Among family medicine clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 939 payments — averaging $16.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- GSK$1K
- Novo Nordisk$782
- Pfizer$778
- Bayer$729
- plus $8K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,904100%
- Education$140%
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.
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
$15,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,945 family medicine providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 19 | $1,214 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $422 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $266 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $203 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 17 | $152 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $80 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Flint
- Ramez AbdallaFlint$25K
- Joyce StevensFlint$18K
- Loren ChudlerSouthfield$1.3M
- Paul BensonBerkley$779K
- Matt RosenbergJackson$550K
- Steve LasaterSaint Johns$291K
- Mary DagenGrand Rapids$265K
- Farhan BhattiLansing$230K
- Jeffrey DeitchSterling Heights$197K
- Sukhpreet SinghPlymouth$173K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.