Wanda Knudson
Physician Assistant · Bismarck, NDNPI 1760581714
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 126 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $840 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $39 in 2024.
Across 126 payments — averaging $15.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$346
- Johnson & Johnson$295
- Boehringer Ingelheim$290
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$234
- Novartis$195
- Amgen$156
- plus $486 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,002100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 32 | $346 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $295 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $290 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 19 | $234 |
| Novartis | 17 | $195 |
| Amgen | 8 | $156 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $98 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $80 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $63 |
| Merck | 3 | $50 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $41 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $30 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $5 |
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
$2,002 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 355 physician assistant providers in North Dakota.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 169 | $146,357 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 45 | $46,244 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 25 | $13,857 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 23 | $13,514 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 18 | $11,929 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $11,034 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 397 | $8,884 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 383 | $6,315 |
| Ezetimibe | 111 | $3,038 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 216 | $3,016 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 86 | $2,371 |
| Losartan Potassium | 187 | $2,188 |
| Bumetanide | 24 | $1,732 |
| Potassium Chloride | 56 | $1,651 |
| Digoxin | 45 | $1,335 |
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 | $346 | $146,357169 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $295 | $46,24445 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $195 | $11,03414 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 85th percentile of 355 physician assistant providers in North Dakota.
Other physician assistant in Bismarck
- Hannah SmallBismarck$10K
- Micheal HenkeBismarck$6K
- Sommer WamsleyBismarck$5K
- Burton MollmanBismarck$5K
- Brooke ArndorferBismarck$5K
- Tara Curtis HaberlockBismarck$4K
- Steele TescherBismarck$4K
- Kari ThomasBismarck$3K
- Allison TaylorBismarck$3K
- Kelsie TescherBismarck$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.