William Smoyer
Pediatric Nephrology · Columbus, OHNPI 1659387827
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $153,110 of the $160,932 with a category attached, or 95.1%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertex at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $100,565 and has fallen 77.4% since, to $22,704 in 2025. Among pediatric nephrology clinicians in OH 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 98 payments — averaging $1642.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$57K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$46K
- Novartis$26K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$22K
- Pfizer$7K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$3K
- plus $690 from 6 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $31,785 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$32K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$153,11095%
- Travel & lodging$5,1403%
- Food & beverage$2,6822%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 17 | $57,057 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 16 | $45,612 |
| Novartis | 28 | $25,910 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 24 | $21,826 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $7,211 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 1 | $2,625 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $311 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $258 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $48 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$160,932 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 44 pediatric nephrology providers in Ohio.
Other pediatric nephrology in Columbus
- John MahanColumbus$89K
- Gabriel Cara FuentesColumbus$28K
- Hiren PatelColumbus$326
- Beth VogtColumbus$262
- Tahagod MohamedColumbus$199
- Kirsten KusumiColumbus$155
- Orville BignallColumbus$150
- Mahmoud KallashColumbus$115
- Diana Zepeda-OrozcoColumbus$104
- Nina MannColumbus$48
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.