Theodore Whitaker
Internal Medicine · Overland Park, KSNPI 1164413167
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 222 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 222 payments — averaging $16.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$631
- AbbVie$492
- Novo Nordisk$425
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$268
- AstraZeneca$185
- Lilly USA, LLC$166
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,667100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 34 | $631 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 29 | $492 |
| Novo Nordisk | 32 | $425 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 18 | $268 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 11 | $185 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $166 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $138 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $134 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $125 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| GSK | 1 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $112 |
| Merck | 8 | $112 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Novartis | 6 | $85 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $24 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- Tymlos$122
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$121
- EVENITY$104
How this compares
$3,667 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 705 internal medicine providers in Kansas.
Other internal medicine in Overland Park
- Herbert WaxmanOverland Park$82K
- Shadrach SmithOverland Park$27K
- David EdalatiOverland Park$21K
- Jennifer BrownOverland Park$9K
- Ammar KhalifaOverland Park$8K
- Bruce SalvaggioOverland Park$8K
- Vijaya SamuelOverland Park$8K
- Shazia Walijan MunirOverland Park$7K
- Matthew SwanOverland Park$7K
- Victoria WeaverOverland Park$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.