Robert Ettlinger
Rheumatology · Tacoma, WANPI 1740383744
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $184,740 of the $231,757 with a category attached, or 79.7%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 29.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $124,912 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $34 in 2025. Among rheumatology clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 362 payments — averaging $640.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$68K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$36K
- Pfizer$35K
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$26K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$22K
- Sanofi$21K
- plus $24K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,7136%
- Speaking & faculty fees$184,74080%
- Travel & lodging$24,40411%
- Food & beverage$7,7043%
- Education$1960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 99 | $68,257 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 43 | $35,871 |
| Pfizer | 47 | $34,871 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 40 | $25,725 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 41 | $21,585 |
| Sanofi | 31 | $21,217 |
| GSK | 23 | $15,315 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $6,231 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $1,958 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $283 |
| Novartis | 2 | $111 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $96 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $90 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $90 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $34 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $24 |
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
$231,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 157 rheumatology providers in Washington.
Other rheumatology in Tacoma
- Brittany AhmedTacoma$4K
- Patricia PapadopoulosTacoma$2K
- Daniel Ene-StroescuTacoma$1K
- Yun Sun ChoeTacoma$1K
- Ofelya GevorgyanTacoma$909
- Stanford PengSeattle$3.5M
- Jeff PetersonBothell$2.3M
- Philip MeaseSeattle$2.1M
- Richard JimenezBothell$155K
- Howard KenneySpokane$132K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.