Willard Fiessinger, APRN
Family · Benton, KYNPI 1619010444
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 345 payments — averaging $15.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$739
- Novo Nordisk$523
- Amgen$479
- Bayer$425
- Boehringer Ingelheim$372
- Pfizer$318
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,213100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 50 | $739 |
| Novo Nordisk | 43 | $523 |
| Amgen | 34 | $479 |
| Bayer | 26 | $425 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 26 | $372 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $318 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $271 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $223 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $210 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $177 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 10 | $150 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $132 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $130 |
| GSK | 8 | $120 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $96 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $92 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $72 |
| Novartis | 4 | $70 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $57 |
| Merck | 4 | $52 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Kerendia$113
How this compares
$5,227 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,374 family providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 125 | $182,110 |
| EliquisApixaban | 72 | $81,299 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 41 | $60,848 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 59 | $48,570 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 50 | $48,056 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 12 | $45,637 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $40,578 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 33 | $33,682 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 19 | $33,005 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 21 | $29,607 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 31 | $26,117 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 28 | $22,501 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 22 | $21,344 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 25 | $20,932 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 30 | $14,371 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $523 | $182,110125 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $271 | $93,85360 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $318 | $81,29972 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $372 | $62,20076 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $223 | $48,05650 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta | $120 | $47,91075 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $13 | $45,63712 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $96 | $40,57837 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $92 | $33,68233 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $52 | $26,11731 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $739 | $21,34422 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 90th percentile of 4,374 family providers in Kentucky.
Other family in Benton
- Bonnie HillLouisa$372K
- Ashley SnellenElizabethtown$190K
- Smita RanjanLouisville$92K
- Elizabeth SaltLexington$89K
- Tracey GaslinLouisville$79K
- Kassandra GreenLouisville$69K
- Danielle RevertLouisville$65K
- Lora BrownMonticellow$61K
- Shelley WaldmanLouisville$59K
- Vicki ChapmanMount Vernon$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.