Jeffrey Niezgoda
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine · Milwaukee, WINPI 1679537054
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $11,847 of the $19,486 with a category attached, or 60.8%. KCI USA, Inc. accounts for 73.3% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,131 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $245 in 2025. Among undersea and hyperbaric medicine clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 66 payments — averaging $295.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$14K
- Imbed Biosciences Inc.$1K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$1K
- Next Science LLC$727
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$248
- Philips North America LLC$238
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $13,115 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Next Science LLC$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6383%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,84761%
- Travel & lodging$3,15416%
- Food & beverage$3,65219%
- Education$1951%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 10 | $14,291 |
| Imbed Biosciences Inc. | 11 | $1,359 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $1,336 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $727 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $248 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $238 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $196 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $187 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $104 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $63 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $53 |
| OVIK Health, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
- KERRAFOAM GENTLE BORDER$7,626
- VAC VERAFLO$5,454
- PREVENA$694
- BlastX$638
- ADAPTIC$625
- VAC ULTA$625
- EverFlex$137
- FLEXITOUCH$126
- ACTITOUCH$126
- ENTRE$126
- Orbactiv$125
- Baxdela$125
- IGT D Peripheral$119
- Cook Medical Embolization$112
How this compares
$19,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 24 undersea and hyperbaric medicine providers in Wisconsin.
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Other undersea and hyperbaric medicine in Milwaukee
- Gaurav NarulaMilwaukee$637
- Itamar GnattMilwaukee$287
- John SimanonokMilwaukee$137
- Debra ThompsonMilwaukee$65
- Neil DonnerMilwaukee$45
- Cory DuboseMilwaukee$25
- Matthew WhiteMilwaukee$0
- Laurie GesellMilwaukee$0
- Gerald GodfreyMilwaukee$0
- Richard HodgsonMilwaukee$0
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.