Amy Banks-Venegoni, MD
Surgery · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1235367715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 65.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,311 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $113 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $372.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$8K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Davol Inc.$271
- Standard Bariatrics, Inc.$188
- Medtronic$102
- Olympus America Inc.$98
- plus $39 from 2 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3155.63 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,29053%
- Travel & lodging$4113%
- Food & beverage$2,12318%
- Education$3,10226%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $7,748 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $3,481 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $271 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $102 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $20 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$11,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,081 surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Grand Rapids
- Paul KemmeterGrand Rapids$84K
- James FooteGrand Rapids$39K
- Randal BakerGrand Rapids$32K
- Thomas MartinGrand Rapids$30K
- Robert BartlettAnn Arbor$859K
- Matthew FourmanMonroe$492K
- Bruce McIntoshRochester Hills$435K
- Jon SchramZeeland$261K
- Eric DaviesBrighton$258K
- Robert LyonsYpsilanti$196K
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.