Christopher George, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Geneva, ILNPI 1235143835
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AstraZeneca accounts for 66.9% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $2,365.
Across 2 payments — averaging $89.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$119
- Cook Medical LLC$59
Across 30 payments — averaging $4178.81 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.
- Seagen Inc.$64K
- AstraZeneca$51K
- Bayer$11K
- Merck$174
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$178100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $119 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $59 |
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.
- LYNPARZA$119
How this compares
$178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 580 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 31 | $339,178 |
| ErleadaApalutamide | 12 | $165,765 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 11 | $54,703 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 26 | $26,528 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 70 | $26,112 |
| Hydroxyurea | 32 | $652 |
| Prednisone | 108 | $550 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 25 | $216 |
| Dexamethasone | 11 | $214 |
| Omeprazole | 27 | $97 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Geneva
- Mohamad Khair KhasawnehMaywood$998K
- Michael BishopChicago$974K
- Jamile ShammoChicago$910K
- John BerryBerwyn$687K
- Young Kwang ChaeChicago$563K
- Irfan MirzaChicago$544K
- Marina GarassinoChicago$397K
- Tulio RodriguezZion$337K
- Chih-Yi LiaoChicago$317K
- Gary KayElk Grove Village$314K
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.