Anthony Kaiser, MD
Surgery · Evansville, INNPI 1083871511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,124 of the $5,989 with a category attached, or 85.6%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,033 and has fallen 70.3% since, to $605 in 2025.
Across 203 payments — averaging $29.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- AbbVie$385
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$256
- CSL Behring$243
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$127
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$86514%
- Food & beverage$5,12486%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 43 | $2,005 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 43 | $1,500 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 23 | $385 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $256 |
| CSL Behring | 11 | $243 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $127 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $119 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $111 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $109 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $105 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 5 | $97 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $82 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $81 |
| Merck | 2 | $56 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $53 |
| Vertex | 2 | $50 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $49 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $42 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $31 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| BD | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $8 |
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
$5,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 524 surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scopolamine | 23 | $288 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $233 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 21 | $126 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $82 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $58 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Evansville
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- Erik ThroopEvansville$26K
- Kevin McConnellEvansville$20K
- Mindy LaneEvansville$16K
- Todd BurryEvansville$15K
- Andrea JesterEvansville$14K
- Paul SzotekIndianapolis$2.4M
- Carlos Gonzalez RendonMunster$275K
- Anthony ZappiaCarmel$105K
- Jeremy Luedtkela Porte$102K
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.