Ahanth Vedantham, DPM
Podiatrist · Westchester, ILNPI 1124605712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 29.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,876, more than ten times the $111 reported in 2021.
Across 60 payments — averaging $100.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medwest Associates$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$319
- Linvatec Corporation$283
- Amgen$235
- plus $686 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,42540%
- Food & beverage$2,37840%
- Education$1,20020%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 14 | $1,796 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 16 | $1,464 |
| Medwest Associates | 2 | $1,219 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $319 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 2 | $283 |
| Amgen | 2 | $235 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Medshape, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $44 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
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.
- TrueLok$1,822
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$902
- INTEGRA$788
- INBONE$397
- BioBrace 23mm$283
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$263
- PRIMATRIX$263
- KRYSTEXXA$235
- Physio-Stim$215
- PROSTEP MICA$156
- COLINK 2$142
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$124
- TRUELOK SYSTEM$104
How this compares
$6,003 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 409 podiatrist providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $119 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Westchester
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- William BushRockford$141K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
- Steven JasonowiczBarrington$34K
- Jaclyn SchumannJoliet$29K
- Zehra HyderiAlgonquin$27K
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.