Terri Wichgers
Physician Assistant · Brookfield, WINPI 1144272600
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 42 payments — averaging $31.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$462
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- Abbott$99
- Heartflow, Inc.$91
- Merck$73
- United Therapeutics Corporation$54
- plus $405 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,309100%
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 | 11 | $462 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 4 | $99 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $91 |
| Merck | 4 | $73 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $54 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $49 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $35 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $22 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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
$1,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,804 physician assistant providers in Wisconsin.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $11,386 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 15 | $283 |
| Alprazolam | 23 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Brookfield
- Jennifer SobczakBrookfield$8K
- Sara HollandMadison$189K
- Lisa SershonMilwaukee$182K
- Sarah VicariFranklin$120K
- Jessica SzpakBaraboo$95K
- Amy BurmeschMenomonee Falls$79K
- Eric GoddeyneGreen Bay$61K
- Charnai SherryMilwaukee$45K
- Victoria MaloneyWauwatosa$28K
- Joseph FraneckiMilwaukee$27K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.