Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,040 | 139 | 87.8% |
| Education | $283.34 | 4 | 12.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janssen Biotech, Inc. | $913.40 | 81 | $0 (2024) |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $308.92 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | $222.07 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | $206.10 | 13 | $0 (2024) |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | $152.26 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $103.46 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | $102.56 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $95.86 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $71.32 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $58.49 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,625 | 93 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. ($631.11) |
| 2023 | $698.09 | 50 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. ($282.29) |
All Payment Transactions
143 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | STELARA (Biological) | Education | In-kind items and services | $99.00 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.84 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | MAVYRET (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.73 | General |
| Category: VIROLOGY | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | RESMETIROM (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.79 | General |
| Category: LIVER DISEASE | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.84 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 12/02/2024 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | ENTYVIO (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.58 | General |
| Category: INTERNAL MEDICINE | ||||||
| 11/27/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | TRULANCE (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.38 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 11/25/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | XIFAXAN (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.62 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | EOHILIA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.76 | General |
| Category: INTERNAL MEDICINE | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.55 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.84 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $0.43 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | DUPIXENT (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.60 | General |
| Category: INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOLOGY | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.19 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.27 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | VOQUEZNA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.45 | General |
| Category: GASTROENTEROLOGY | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC | XIFAXAN (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.86 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 10/28/2024 | Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | REZDIFFRA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $135.47 | General |
| Category: LIVER DISEASE | ||||||
| 10/27/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | STELARA (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $142.35 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | DUPIXENT (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.35 | General |
| Category: INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOLOGY | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.04 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.62 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.00 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.00 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. | TREMFYA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.23 | General |
| Category: Immunology | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 27 | 41 | $13,367 | $2,991 |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 30 | $7,410 | $1,593 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
3 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 26 | $6,422 | $1,538 | 23.9% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $6,945 | $1,454 | 20.9% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 30 | $7,410 | $1,593 | 21.5% |
About Dr. Brian Sowka, DO
Dr. Brian Sowka, DO is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/12/2019. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1659834810.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Brian Sowka, DO has received a total of $2,323 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,625 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 143 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,040).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sowka has provided services to 39 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 71 services with total Medicare billing of $4,584. Data is available for 2 years (2022–2023), covering 3 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Location La Crosse, WI
- Active Since 04/12/2019
- Last Updated 07/01/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1659834810
Products in Payments
- STELARA (Biological) $816.71
- ENTYVIO (Biological) $292.16
- DUPIXENT (Biological) $205.03
- XIFAXAN (Drug) $151.69
- REZDIFFRA (Drug) $135.47
- IBSRELA (Drug) $102.56
- TREMFYA (Drug) $96.69
- VOQUEZNA (Drug) $95.86
- OCALIVA (Drug) $71.32
- CYLTEZO (Drug) $58.49
- RINVOQ (Biological) $58.27
- TRULANCE (Drug) $54.41
- SKYRIZI (Biological) $30.46
- ZYMFENTRA (Biological) $29.36
- HYRIMOZ (Biological) $22.63
- CLENPIQ (Drug) $21.14
- RESMETIROM (Drug) $16.79
- EOHILIA (Drug) $16.76
- OMVOH (Drug) $15.57
- MAVYRET (Drug) $14.73
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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