Richard Wolkowitz
Pain Medicine · Columbia, MONPI 1477547461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 134 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 68.1% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,306 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $21 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $2,454.
Across 134 payments — averaging $20.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$440
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$82
- Stryker$70
- AbbVie$66
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$60
- plus $169 from 7 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1775.00 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.
- Vertiflex, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,785100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 107 | $1,898 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 7 | $440 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $82 |
| Stryker | 1 | $70 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $66 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- Superion ISS$330
How this compares
$2,785 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 22 | $319 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Columbia
- Abram ElsenraatColumbia$14K
- Ebby VargheseColumbia$8K
- Donald MeyerColumbia$8K
- Shady Adib KelehColumbia$7K
- Christopher ReisCape Girardeau$113K
- Anne ChristopherChesterfield$104K
- Tyler ConcannonKansas City$64K
- Vinicius Tieppo FrancioSaint Louis$35K
- Luvell GlantonHannibal$33K
- Jooyoung MaengSaint Louis$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.