Kevin Taubman, MD
Vascular Surgery · South Bend, INNPI 1811101132
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,578 of the $3,912 with a category attached, or 65.9%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 72.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $4,328.
Across 49 payments — averaging $79.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Penumbra, Inc.$333
- Cook Medical LLC$188
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$147
- Livanova USA, Inc.$50
- Johnson & Johnson$46
- plus $304 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,57866%
- Food & beverage$1,13229%
- Education$2015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 20 | $2,844 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $333 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $188 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $46 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $43 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$3,912 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 71 vascular surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 45 | $32,538 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $6,249 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 165 | $973 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 109 | $506 |
| Losartan Potassium | 44 | $165 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $81 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $73 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $58 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $46 | $6,24911 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 71 vascular surgery providers in Indiana.
Other vascular surgery in South Bend
- Timothy NoveroskeSouth Bend$7K
- Marie UnruhSouth Bend$2K
- Thomas PoulinSouth Bend$599
- Michael ShaoFort Wayne$155K
- Sajjad HussainIndianapolis$109K
- Ricardo VasquezBloomington$82K
- Andres FajardoIndianapolis$58K
- Angela MartinEvansville$54K
- Luis GomezMishawaka$52K
- Matthew LangenbergEvansville$36K
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.