Ronald Whitmer, DO
Family Medicine · Ellsworth, KSNPI 1871593475
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 175 payments — averaging $13.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$511
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$279
- Amgen$223
- Pfizer$195
- AstraZeneca$145
- Novo Nordisk$130
- plus $960 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,444100%
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 | 31 | $511 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 26 | $279 |
| Amgen | 17 | $223 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $195 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $145 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $130 |
| Novartis | 7 | $113 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $106 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $105 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $68 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Bayer | 4 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $40 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $38 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,444 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 148 | $53,787 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 77 | $44,641 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 42 | $27,845 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 25 | $23,458 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 23 | $21,964 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 63 | $19,831 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 27 | $18,475 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 70 | $16,143 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $14,784 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 22 | $14,658 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 20 | $11,092 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 19 | $11,049 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 44 | $9,766 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 20 | $8,387 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 14 | $6,768 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo | $195 | $73,618211 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $145 | $47,67790 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $130 | $45,42248 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix, Breo Ellipta | $20 | $29,20283 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $38 | $27,84542 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $28 | $18,47527 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $13 | $16,14370 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $40 | $14,78434 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $511 | $14,65822 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 75th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Kansas.
Other family medicine in Ellsworth
- Terry PolingWichita$24.2M
- Richard GloverNewton$19.6M
- Daniel DickersonLenexa$13.6M
- Patrick YaoOlathe$11.7M
- Michael RauschAugusta$8.1M
- Terry KleinWichita$5.9M
- Richard EgelhofWichita$4.1M
- Thomas KleinWichita$3.4M
- Troy HoldemanNewton$3.2M
- Stacy SlechtaNewton$3M
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.