Kenya Thomas
General Practice · Chicago, ILNPI 1699193409
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 115 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 49.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,220, more than ten times the $110 reported in 2019. Among general practice 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 115 payments — averaging $21.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- Merck$286
- Gilead$261
- Theratechnologies Inc.$162
- EMD Serono, Inc.$125
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$110
- plus $313 from 8 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $17,437 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$561K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$29K
- AstraZeneca$4K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,470100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 62 | $1,215 |
| Merck | 13 | $286 |
| Gilead | 13 | $261 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 5 | $162 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 7 | $125 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $48 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- VORTEX BLUE$110
- WaveOne$110
- PROTAPER NEXT$110
- PROGLIDER$110
- PROTAPER GOLD$110
How this compares
$2,470 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,816 general practice providers in Illinois.
Other general practice in Chicago
- Lou GrahamChicago$603K
- Alan BoghosianChicago$349K
- Matthew HallasChicago$142K
- Michael NickChicago$104K
- Louis KaufmanChicago$66K
- Kerry VoitChicago$32K
- Dhiraj SharmaChicago$27K
- Jacqueline RodriguezChicago$17K
- Victoria KorolChicago$15K
- Jose MariscalChicago$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.