John Korba
Bowling Green, KYNPI 1699738856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $212,800 of the $213,642 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Convatec Inc. accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $212,800, more than ten times the $115 reported in 2019.
Across 46 payments — averaging $4644.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Convatec Inc.$213K
- Boston Scientific$249
- Medtronic$237
- AbbVie$90
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$50
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$45
- plus $171 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8420%
- Other$212,800100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Convatec Inc. | 23 | $212,800 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $249 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $237 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $90 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $50 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $44 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$212,800
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.