Wayne Kuhl
Internal Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1215913884
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 323 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 49 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 24.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,321 and has fallen 67.2% since, to $434 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in AZ 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 323 payments — averaging $15.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$748
- Novo Nordisk$438
- Pfizer$407
- Abbott$235
- Cleerly, Inc.$212
- plus $2K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,079100%
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.
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.
- Saxenda$120
How this compares
$5,079 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $259 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $156 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Phoenix
- Frank LovecchioPhoenix$911K
- Nasser HajaigPhoenix$687K
- Kelly KrohnPhoenix$262K
- Paul StanderPhoenix$222K
- Howard GrossmanPhoenix$131K
- Nafis Shamsid-DeenPhoenix$115K
- Shishir MurarkaPhoenix$79K
- Mark WongPhoenix$71K
- Geoffrey OrmePhoenix$27K
- Roberto RuizPhoenix$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.