Josephine Russo, PA
Medical · Westchester, ILNPI 1518616341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,196 of the $5,799 with a category attached, or 72.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.8% of the total. Among medical clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 177 payments — averaging $32.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$350
- Boston Scientific$286
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$169
- plus $500 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,60328%
- Food & beverage$4,19672%
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 | 25 | $2,191 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 53 | $1,223 |
| AbbVie | 48 | $1,081 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $350 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $286 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $169 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $108 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $101 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,737
- Prospera$251
- BOTOX$227
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$108
How this compares
$5,799 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 449 medical providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 200 | $3,018 |
| Lidocaine | 36 | $2,998 |
| Gabapentin | 202 | $1,779 |
| Pregabalin | 110 | $1,635 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 72 | $1,554 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 88 | $816 |
| Topiramate | 47 | $674 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 76 | $540 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 46 | $469 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 128 | $366 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $317 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 34 | $202 |
| Meloxicam | 95 | $197 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 12 | $194 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $163 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Megan GriggsSpringfield$13K
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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.