Brian Kassa
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Youngstown, OHNPI 1417513367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (35.6%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,944 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $738 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 52 payments — averaging $159.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$528
- Medtronic$443
- Abbott$258
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$171
- plus $446 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50018%
- Travel & lodging$2,57131%
- Food & beverage$2,94536%
- Education$1,25415%
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(2 entities) | 14 | $3,868 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $2,557 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $528 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $443 |
| Abbott | 5 | $258 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $149 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $80 |
| Stryker | 1 | $33 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, 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.
- BOTOX$3,444
- Senza$2,332
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$486
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$392
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$149
- mild Device Kit$148
- UBRELVY$125
- Omnia$120
- SPRINT PNS System$116
- PROCLAIM$107
How this compares
$8,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 332 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 21 | $403 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $399 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $271 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Youngstown
- Matthew McElroyYoungstown$7K
- Michael BariaLewis Center$175K
- Kathryn MosherAkron$121K
- Marc OrlandoCincinnati$114K
- Aileen PadillaPerrysburg$73K
- Jeffrey StrakowskiColumbus$59K
- Kurt KuhlmanLima$46K
- Francois BethouxCleveland$39K
- Caitlin StuberColumbus$33K
- Francesco SammartinoDublin$32K
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.