Beth Helme-Smith
Advanced Practice Midwife · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1023179389
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $533, 2.0 times the $262 reported in 2021. Among advanced practice midwife clinicians in IL 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 88 payments — averaging $18.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$205
- Biogen$180
- Organon$171
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$159
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$135
- Pfizer$133
- plus $638 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,621100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 10 | $205 |
| Biogen | 10 | $180 |
| Organon | 9 | $171 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $159 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 8 | $135 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $133 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $76 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 4 | $70 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Bayer | 2 | $44 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $30 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 303 advanced practice midwife providers in Illinois.
Other advanced practice midwife in Hinsdale
- Kinsey Jackson-FordHinsdale$923
- Sarah BierChicago$7K
- Cathy CookGalesburg$5K
- Christy EnrightPark Ridge$5K
- Angela PuricGlenview$4K
- Melissa WendellDecatur$3K
- Julie LudlumPekin$3K
- Josephine RiosBloomingdale$3K
- Rita LedbetterMoline$2K
- Sarah PringleBelleville$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.