Ellen Kroin
Hand Surgery · Lake Forest, ILNPI 1053738385
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 24.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,689 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $68 in 2024.
Across 46 payments — averaging $165.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$2K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$1K
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$707
- Arthrex$458
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$330
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,32517%
- Food & beverage$2,70235%
- Education$3,60347%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 11 | $1,880 |
| Medwest Associates | 5 | $1,512 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $1,399 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $707 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $458 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $330 |
| Acell, Inc. | 3 | $299 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $239 |
| Stryker | 2 | $173 |
| Abbott | 1 | $155 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $125 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $77 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,559
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$385
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$385
- Axium$155
- VARIAX$140
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$124
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$124
- PRIMATRIX$124
- IDRT$124
- FLOWABLE$124
- Geminus$118
- Align$118
- IJS$118
- Implate$118
- INSTRUMENTS-ORTHOPEDIC$115
- INSTRUMENTS-GENERAL SURGERY$115
- INSTRUMENTS-PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE$115
- INSTRUMENTS-MICROSURGERY$115
- XIAFLEX$111
How this compares
$7,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 121 hand surgery 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.
Other hand surgery in Lake Forest
- Jeffrey VisotskyMorton Grove$1.1M
- Robert GraySkokie$422K
- Robert CoatsTinley Park$408K
- Randipsingh BindraMaywood$297K
- Jonathan TuetingAurora$190K
- Mark CohenChicago$78K
- Jeffrey StepanChicago$71K
- Leon BensonGlenview$62K
- Debdut BiswasWarrenville$56K
- Eric PerezChicago$42K
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.