William Buchner
Family Medicine · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1356599443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 220 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 42.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,160 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $18 in 2023. Among family medicine clinicians in SD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 220 payments — averaging $15.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$1K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$538
- AbbVie$218
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$165
- Amgen$154
- AstraZeneca$130
- plus $766 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,38898%
- Education$652%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 117 | $1,483 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 37 | $538 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $218 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $165 |
| Amgen | 2 | $154 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $130 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $81 |
| Merck | 5 | $77 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $54 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 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.
- Repatha$122
How this compares
$3,453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 408 family medicine providers in South Dakota.
Other family medicine in Sioux Falls
- Andrew BurchettSioux Falls$13K
- Lornell HansenSioux Falls$11K
- Jeffry MeyerSioux Falls$8K
- Scott BoyensSioux Falls$6K
- Jason WurthSioux Falls$4K
- Dustin SnellingSioux Falls$4K
- Jennifer SchrieverSioux Falls$2K
- Sabrina TaylorSioux Falls$2K
- Nicole MourelatosSioux Falls$2K
- Joseph MowerySioux Falls$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.