Michael Wainberg, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Rochester, MNNPI 1487637732
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ipsen Biopharm Limited at 52.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,544, 6.1 times the $415 reported in 2021. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in MN 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 8 payments — averaging $591.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharm Limited$2K
- Ipsen Pharma SAS$1K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$415
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$264
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$102
Across 69 payments — averaging $1262.75 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.
- Ipsen Pharma SAS$87K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4159%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,46052%
- Travel & lodging$1,18825%
- Food & beverage$67114%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharm Limited | 1 | $2,460 |
| Ipsen Pharma SAS | 2 | $1,494 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $415 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $264 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $102 |
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.
- DYSPORT$4,369
- ONIVYDE$415
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$415
- XEOMIN$104
- XIAFLEX$102
How this compares
$4,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 196 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Minnesota.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baclofen | 25 | $974 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Rochester
- Jonathan FinnoffRochester$9K
- Sandra OgletreeRochester$5K
- Billie SchultzRochester$2K
- Bradford LandryRochester$2K
- Augustus EvangelistaRochester$2K
- Allen BrownRochester$1K
- Brittany SniderRochester$894
- James MeilingRochester$717
- Jay SmithRochester$523
- Subha HanifRochester$382
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.