Denise Poulos, MD
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery · Oak Lawn, ILNPI 1821087669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 28.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,230 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $183 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $97.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Momentis Surgical Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$920
- Axonics, Inc.$884
- Gynesonics, Inc.$829
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$735
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3250.00 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.
- Uroviu Corporation$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,07350%
- Food & beverage$3,03137%
- Education$1,02013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $2,293 |
| Momentis Surgical Inc. | 4 | $1,126 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $920 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 12 | $884 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 4 | $829 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 2 | $735 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $558 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 8 | $181 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $98 |
| Contura, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Acessa Health Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$8,125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 62 urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $518 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.