Wesley Hard
Family Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1689630329
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 158 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $787 and has fallen 60.6% since, to $310 in 2022.
Across 158 payments — averaging $14.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$728
- AbbVie$246
- Novo Nordisk$242
- Merck$118
- Lilly USA, LLC$114
- Boehringer Ingelheim$111
- plus $750 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,302100%
- Education$60%
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 | 45 | $728 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $246 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $242 |
| Merck | 9 | $118 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $114 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $111 |
| Abbott | 5 | $101 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Amgen | 4 | $72 |
| Circassia Inc. | 5 | $64 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $35 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,308 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Other family medicine in Columbus
- Brian BeesleyColumbus$1.4M
- Kwabena OtengSpringdale$2M
- Darshana PatelBeachwood$648K
- Thomas GraceFindlay$503K
- Susan RatayAshtabula$379K
- Shannon TrotterSpringfield$348K
- Michael HeileCincinnati$272K
- Bradley EverlyMaumee$266K
- Tricia BedrickCuyahoga Falls$259K
- David NeidhardtLima$248K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.