Kent Sasse, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Reno, NVNPI 1538104443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $31,370 of the $43,711 with a category attached, or 71.8%. Acell, Inc. accounts for 72.4% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $23,262 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $1,821 in 2025.
Across 144 payments — averaging $303.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acell, Inc.$32K
- Baxter Healthcare$4K
- Palette Life Sciences, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Teleflex LLC$857
- Axonics, Inc.$397
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5718.50 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.
- Axonics, Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,6708%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,37072%
- Travel & lodging$4,52810%
- Food & beverage$4,1449%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acell, Inc. | 40 | $31,639 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $4,430 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $2,796 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $2,022 |
| Teleflex LLC | 9 | $857 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 11 | $397 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 16 | $359 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $156 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $142 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $131 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $131 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $123 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 3 | $110 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $60 |
| BD | 2 | $48 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $35 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $30 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $21 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$4,331
- FLOSEAL$3,760
- TISSEEL$3,760
- Solesta$2,700
- LigaSure$1,437
- Signia$438
- Titan SGS$338
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$168
- Echelon Flex$123
- TITAN SGS BAILOUT CHUCK$106
How this compares
Too few colon & rectal surgery providers in Nevadato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 59 | $675 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 15 | $655 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $618 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 20 | $607 |
| Scopolamine | 16 | $391 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 41 | $269 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $59 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Reno
- Anathea PowellReno$6K
- Matthew CrapkoReno$2K
- Harold KennedyReno$51
- Garrett FriedmanLas Vegas$1.2M
- Roger HsiungLas Vegas$44K
- Leslie BrowderNorth Las Vegas$10K
- Ren Yu ZhangLas Vegas$8K
- Ketan ThankiLas Vegas$7K
- Calvin LyonsLas Vegas$6K
- Melissa MilesLas Vegas$5K
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.