Veronica Vu
Medical · Wichita, KSNPI 1942493762
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,826 of the $3,487 with a category attached, or 81.0%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 29.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,102 and has fallen 94.6% since, to $114 in 2023.
Across 106 payments — averaging $32.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$946
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$374
- Boehringer Ingelheim$241
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$177
- GSK$160
- plus $573 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$66119%
- Food & beverage$2,82681%
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 | 34 | $1,016 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $946 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $374 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $241 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 10 | $177 |
| GSK | 11 | $160 |
| Amgen | 2 | $126 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $50 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $38 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $18 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
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
$3,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 205 medical providers in Kansas.
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- Jason MengesWichita$15K
- Trang BrownleeWichita$11K
- Susan GeorgeWichita$10K
- Andrew OsbeckWichita$9K
- Lisa HarrisWichita$8K
- Christiane YourdonWichita$6K
- Kristen OchsnerWichita$5K
- Kristen WolfWichita$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.