Robert Whitson
Family Medicine · Richland, WANPI 1528171410
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 119 payments — averaging $14.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$488
- AstraZeneca$293
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$191
- AbbVie$169
- Lilly USA, LLC$164
- Pfizer$131
- plus $307 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,70598%
- Education$382%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $488 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $293 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 20 | $191 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $169 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $164 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $131 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $82 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $51 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Strongbridge US Inc. | 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.
- Ozempic$120
- Xultophy 100/3.6$117
How this compares
$1,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,275 family medicine providers in Washington.
Other family medicine in Richland
- Anton GraschWenatchee$5.3M
- Gaylon KippBellevue$4.8M
- Steven KasterWenatchee$4M
- Angela EakinSpokane$3M
- Jonathan StabenCheney$2.5M
- Emily ZaragozaSeattle$1.9M
- Brad FrandsenPort Orchard$1.7M
- Kevin HatfieldSeattle$527K
- Steven SmithAuburn$438K
- John RobinsonEdmonds$425K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.