Emilie Simone
Surgical · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1972145134
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $667, 9.1 times the $73 reported in 2021.
Across 60 payments — averaging $21.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$245
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$151
- Convatec Inc.$130
- Stryker$93
- Organogenesis Inc.$88
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$85
- plus $507 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,298100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $245 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 6 | $151 |
| Convatec Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Stryker | 2 | $93 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Lifenet Health | 2 | $70 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $52 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$1,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 626 surgical providers in Pennsylvania.
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 surgical in Pittsburgh
- Aaron MacoskeyPittsburgh$40K
- Elissa CastorPittsburgh$25K
- Leah KovalPittsburgh$13K
- Marley ShovlinPittsburgh$7K
- William PostPittsburgh$7K
- Shannon MastersonPittsburgh$6K
- Joann RappPittsburgh$6K
- Ryan FlaniganPittsburgh$5K
- Robin ChimilePittsburgh$4K
- Katie ScollonPittsburgh$3K
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.