Ricky Friesen, MD
Family Medicine · Wichita, KSNPI 1396757332
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 519 payments — averaging $13.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Pfizer$887
- AbbVie$766
- Amgen$682
- Novo Nordisk$511
- Boehringer Ingelheim$450
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,156100%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $1,031 |
| Pfizer | 99 | $887 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 59 | $766 |
| Amgen | 50 | $682 |
| Novo Nordisk | 41 | $511 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 30 | $450 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $314 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $262 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $243 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $204 |
| Eisai Inc. | 9 | $142 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $132 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $126 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $124 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 13 | $118 |
| Novartis | 6 | $111 |
| Abbott | 7 | $105 |
| GSK | 6 | $95 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $86 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $80 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Merck | 6 | $73 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $56 |
| Bayer | 3 | $47 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $38 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $34 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $28 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$7,162 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Kansas.
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 | 29 | $28,531 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $24,047 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 34 | $22,588 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $18,229 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $17,791 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 27 | $14,579 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 12 | $11,433 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 26 | $10,952 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 16 | $9,772 |
| Fentanyl | 24 | $6,748 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 209 | $4,928 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 35 | $4,169 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $3,784 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 24 | $3,736 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $3,655 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $511 | $39,96341 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $450 | $24,04730 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $73 | $22,58834 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $1,031 | $21,44533 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $262 | $18,22934 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $95 | $17,47340 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $766 | $13,94151 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 1,469 family medicine providers in Kansas.
Other family medicine in Wichita
- Terry PolingWichita$24.2M
- Terry KleinWichita$5.9M
- Richard EgelhofWichita$4.1M
- Thomas KleinWichita$3.4M
- Brandon AllemanWichita$3M
- Tracy KleinWichita$2.7M
- William SimonWichita$1.1M
- Tana GoeringWichita$1.1M
- Gregory LakinWichita$897K
- Timothy KoehlerWichita$675K
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.