Paul Petersen, MD
Gastroenterology · Lincoln, NENPI 1245224336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 114 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $2,374.
Across 114 payments — averaging $22.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$575
- Johnson & Johnson$306
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$237
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$185
- Boston Scientific$184
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$160
- plus $918 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80%
- Food & beverage$2,54499%
- Education$131%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 29 | $575 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $306 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $237 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $185 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $184 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $110 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $109 |
| Gilead | 4 | $76 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $71 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $69 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 5 | $67 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $65 |
| Merck | 4 | $55 |
| Amgen | 3 | $51 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $33 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Organon | 1 | $11 |
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
$2,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 89 gastroenterology providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 307 | $19,220 |
| Mesalamine | 13 | $4,663 |
| Sucralfate | 23 | $1,541 |
| Omeprazole | 101 | $1,512 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 25 | $1,246 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 105 | $1,103 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $369 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 13 | $234 |
| Famotidine | 13 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Lincoln
- John ThomasLincoln$10K
- Mark GriffinLincoln$7K
- David LeeLincoln$4K
- Clark AntonsonLincoln$4K
- Michael RothLincoln$3K
- Matthew HrnicekLincoln$3K
- Christopher RifeLincoln$3K
- Erik BowmanLincoln$3K
- Sally KnooihuizenLincoln$2K
- James RoatLincoln$2K
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.