Katie Meador
Acute Care · Chicago, ILNPI 1255754040
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 274 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acera Surgical, Inc. at 34.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,908, 2.8 times the $1,035 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in IL 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 274 payments — averaging $36.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$3K
- Kerecis Limited$3K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$899
- Organogenesis Inc.$780
- Smith+Nephew$522
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$273
- plus $701 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $8034.00 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.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,962100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 147 | $3,446 |
| Kerecis Limited | 39 | $3,342 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 19 | $899 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 22 | $780 |
| Smith+Nephew | 18 | $522 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 5 | $273 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 15 | $265 |
| Biowound Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $149 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Omeza LLC | 2 | $86 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$7,417
- Kerecis SurgiClose$2,485
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$2,447
- Restrata Wound Matrix$1,326
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$1,107
- Kerecis GraftGuide$621
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$257
- UrgoK2$157
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$157
- 3C Patch Kit - Box$139
- PuraPly$127
- GRAFIX PL$127
- Grafix XC$127
- Stravix$127
- STRAVIX PL$127
- bio-ConneKt$108
How this compares
$9,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 461 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $341 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Chicago
- Tedra GrayChicago$78K
- Gwen CassidyChicago$46K
- Erin DarguzasChicago$17K
- Sarah MiyataChicago$11K
- Viktoriya KaganChicago$8K
- Laura RitchieChicago$5K
- Christine Joy LocquiaoChicago$5K
- Janice AmslerChicago$5K
- Julie MudgeChicago$3K
- Tonia JacobChicago$3K
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.