Eric Whittington, MD
Vascular Surgery · Madison, WINPI 1053792457
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,670 of the $6,397 with a category attached, or 73.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,154 and has fallen 55.4% since, to $961 in 2025.
Across 80 payments — averaging $79.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$970
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$814
- Surmodics, Inc.$489
- Penumbra, Inc.$400
- Boston Scientific$242
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,05717%
- Travel & lodging$3525%
- Food & beverage$4,67073%
- Education$3185%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $2,063 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 10 | $970 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $814 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 9 | $489 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $400 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $242 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 8 | $213 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $213 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $181 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 2 | $79 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $70 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $56 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $45 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $17 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$1,293
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$965
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$845
- Indigo System$262
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$254
- Barostim Neo System$213
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$179
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$163
- Restrata Wound Matrix$156
- ELUVIA$140
- Penumbra System$138
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$120
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$113
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$113
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$113
- Pounce Thrombectomy$113
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$113
- Diamondback Peripheral$113
How this compares
$6,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 81 vascular surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 39 | $26,563 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 28 | $237 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 29 | $216 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $153 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Madison
- Dai YamanouchiMadison$78K
- Brooks RademacherMadison$10K
- Kevin AuMadison$8K
- David DeangelesMadison$7K
- Benjamin JordanMadison$7K
- Paul DimustoMadison$3K
- Kyla BennettMadison$2K
- Alexis JacobMadison$2K
- John RectenwaldMadison$2K
- Andrea UmMadison$2K
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.