RxDoctor Payments Data

Philip Velderman, MD

Rheumatology · Holland, MINPI 1366401325

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $48,638 of the $59,155 with a category attached, or 82.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 42.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,101 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $39 in 2025. Among rheumatology clinicians in MI 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.

$59,155in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 128 payments — averaging $462.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$25K
  • Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$18K
  • Bristol Myers Squibb$14K
  • Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$2K
  • Novartis$125
  • Cardinal Health 110 LLC$100
  • plus $552 from 16 others
$3,333in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $3333.00 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.

  • Novartis$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,85310%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$48,63882%
  • Travel & lodging$2,4724%
  • Food & beverage$2,0874%
  • Education$1050%

General payments by program year

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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

$59,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$24,308
Medicare patients
132
Services billed
312

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept53$487,937
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab69$468,235
EnbrelEtanercept17$133,973
Humira(Cf)Adalimumab18$120,316
Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab14$105,551
Actemra ActpenTocilizumab22$100,807
Enbrel MiniEtanercept12$91,579
Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol12$79,481
KevzaraSarilumab15$64,469
ActemraTocilizumab11$35,337
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate348$24,986
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium348$13,686
Prednisone399$3,448
Leflunomide36$3,366
Celecoxib62$3,165

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AmgenEnbrel$24,968$133,97317 claims
AbbVieHumira(Cf)$46$120,31618 claims
UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack)$24$79,48112 claims
SanofiKevzara$14$64,46915 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 195 rheumatology providers in Michigan.

Other rheumatology in Holland

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