Frantz Pierre-Jerome, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1164496097
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 20 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 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $473 and has fallen 65.8% since, to $162 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $3,270.
Across 20 payments — averaging $57.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$245
- Philips North America LLC$146
- AstraZeneca$144
- Penumbra, Inc.$144
- Medtronic$102
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$96
- plus $262 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,140100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $245 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $146 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $144 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $102 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $96 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $50 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $31 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| BD | 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.
- OPTION$245
- (4067) Tack Endo Sys BTK$146
- POD$144
- TAGRISSO$125
How this compares
$1,140 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
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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 vascular & interventional radiology in Chicago
- Riad SalemChicago$2.3M
- Kush DesaiChicago$1M
- Robert LewandowskiChicago$954K
- Christopher MolvarChicago$850K
- Sreekumar MadasseryChicago$459K
- Bulent ArslanChicago$300K
- Sameer AnsariChicago$161K
- Ahsun RiazChicago$127K
- Ramona GuptaChicago$72K
- Scott ResnickChicago$38K
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.