Frank Wermeling, MD
Plastic Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1861752909
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.5%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by RTI Surgical, Inc at 34.7% of the total.
Across 71 payments — averaging $104.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- RTI Surgical, Inc$3K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$820
- Sientra, Inc.$342
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$306
- plus $279 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,65022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,20016%
- Travel & lodging$1,18916%
- Food & beverage$3,37846%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 19 | $2,572 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $1,870 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,227 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 22 | $820 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 5 | $342 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 7 | $306 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $122 |
| Stryker | 2 | $53 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$2,152
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$1,650
- INTEGRA$364
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$284
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$151
- ALLOGRAFT$150
- ALLODERM$133
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$122
- NATRELLE$122
- ARTISS$122
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$121
How this compares
$7,416 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 48 plastic surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 48 | $287 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $156 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Marc SalzmanLouisville$29K
- Nana MizuguchiLouisville$21K
- Chester MaysLouisville$19K
- Ryan ShapiroLouisville$9K
- Juan QuinteroLouisville$8K
- Alexandra KeaneLouisville$5K
- Lee CorbettLouisville$5K
- Katherine BillueLouisville$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.