Richard Wurtz, MD
Family Medicine · Lincoln, NENPI 1821000233
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 88 payments — averaging $18.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$864
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$219
- Pfizer$121
- Johnson & Johnson$56
- Amgen$48
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$43
- plus $259 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,610100%
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(2 entities) | 46 | $864 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $219 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $48 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $33 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- UBRELVY$123
How this compares
$1,610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 981 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 69 | $69,315 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $25,824 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 20 | $25,300 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 11 | $18,320 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 13 | $17,787 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $17,459 |
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $14,768 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 14 | $12,315 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 14 | $11,433 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 38 | $4,639 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 12 | $4,626 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 273 | $2,299 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $2,178 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 243 | $2,089 |
| Memantine Hcl | 44 | $1,868 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $41 | $34,40039 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $12 | $18,32011 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $16 | $17,78713 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $121 | $14,76812 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $864 | $4,63938 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 70th percentile of 981 family medicine providers in Nebraska.
Other family medicine in Lincoln
- Allen HuntLincoln$17.2M
- Michael IsraelLincoln$375K
- Randy KohlLincoln$67K
- Matthew GlennLincoln$17K
- Uma NookaLincoln$12K
- Kylie ParshallLincoln$12K
- Michael HuffmanLincoln$11K
- Svjetlana DzikoLincoln$11K
- Eric JohnsonLincoln$10K
- Gary van ErtLincoln$10K
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.