Nicholas Ketchum, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Milwaukee, WINPI 1801979885
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $379,638 of the $572,662 with a category attached, or 66.3%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 42.5% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in WI 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 666 payments — averaging $859.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$243K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$217K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$49K
- Merz North America, Inc.$30K
- Medtronic$27K
- Saol Therapeutics Inc.$4K
- plus $2K from 13 others
Across 402 payments — averaging $1584.58 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$431K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$169K
- Merz North America, Inc.$21K
- AbbVie$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$121,13921%
- Speaking & faculty fees$379,63866%
- Travel & lodging$53,0369%
- Food & beverage$18,6893%
- Education$1600%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 270 | $243,142 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 167 | $217,345 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 79 | $49,375 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 59 | $30,292 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $26,814 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 5 | $3,569 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $648 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 3 | $385 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 7 | $346 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $248 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $122 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biogen | 1 | $19 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- BOTOX$223,845
- DYSPORT$215,654
- XEOMIN$77,326
- LIORESAL$14,457
- SYNCHROMEDII$9,187
- SYNCHROMED$4,888
- Iovera$566
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$520
- GABLOFEN$500
- EXPAREL$153
- Zilretta$153
- UPLIZNA$125
- SOLIRIS$122
- MYOBLOC$119
How this compares
$572,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Wisconsin.
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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 | 61 | $1,988 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 44 | $576 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $449 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 13 | $150 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Milwaukee
- Christopher CronsellMilwaukee$353K
- Karin GoodfriendMilwaukee$191K
- John McGuireMilwaukee$75K
- Erin McGonigleMilwaukee$66K
- Noelle LiskaMilwaukee$13K
- Trinh TruongMilwaukee$11K
- Bindiya ShahMilwaukee$10K
- Salman AljilaniMilwaukee$4K
- Lori BrooksMilwaukee$4K
- Carla WrightMilwaukee$4K
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.