Kathy Palen
Family · Springfield, MONPI 1649530825
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 19 payments — averaging $124.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$234
- AbbVie$125
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$123
- Harrow Eye, LLC$122
- Smith+Nephew$44
- plus $48 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24453%
- Food & beverage$1,11847%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,665 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $234 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $44 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,606
- DALVANCE$125
- NUZYRA$123
- Restrata Wound Matrix$122
- VEVYE$122
How this compares
$2,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,812 family providers in Missouri.
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 family in Springfield
- Laura HedigerSpringfield$71K
- Connie SpencerSaint Joseph$320K
- Shayla SandersKansas City$306K
- Tamera WolfLees Summit$215K
- Tiffany ArnoldFestus$177K
- Tiffany NelsonSedalia$164K
- Chelsey BeckerSaint Peters$104K
- Carey PattonDes Peres$94K
- Marcy MarkesColumbia$92K
- Rebecca SeabaughSaint Louis$68K
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.