Eric Forney
Plastic Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1841721826
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,044 of the $2,401 with a category attached, or 85.1%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 35.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $864 and has fallen 76.9% since, to $200 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic surgery clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $2,362.
Across 72 payments — averaging $33.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$854
- Acell, Inc.$290
- Kerecis Limited$166
- Johnson & Johnson$145
- Avanos Medical$128
- Avita Medical Americas, LLC$111
- plus $706 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$35715%
- Food & beverage$2,04485%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $854 |
| Acell, Inc. | 7 | $290 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $166 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $145 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $128 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Stryker | 4 | $96 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $81 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $66 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Axogen | 2 | $49 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $34 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, 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
$2,401 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 42 plastic surgery providers in Kansas.
Other plastic surgery in Kansas City
- Levi YoungKansas City$8K
- Richard KorentagerKansas City$7K
- James ButterworthKansas City$7K
- Matthew MillerKansas City$5K
- Eric LaiKansas City$5K
- Julia SlaterKansas City$3K
- Dhaval BhavsarKansas City$2K
- Sydney BormannKansas City$2K
- Connor MillerKansas City$1K
- Julian Diaz AbeleKansas City$501
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.